World English Bible
"I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face."
— Job 29:24, World English Bible
“If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.”
“I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. ”
“If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.”
“If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.”
“I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.”
“If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.”
"Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
After my words they didn't speak again. My speech fell on them.
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.
I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.