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Job 29

Job 29:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If I laughed
sachaq (Hebrew #7832)
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
KJV usage: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Pronounce: saw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
on them, they believed
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
it not; and the light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
of my countenance
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
they cast not down
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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they believed.
Gen. 45:26• 26And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them. (Gen. 45:26)
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Psa. 126:1• 1A Song of degrees. When Jehovah turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. (Psa. 126:1)
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Luke 24:41• 41But while they yet did not believe for joy, and were wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything here to eat? (Luke 24:41)
the light.
Psa. 4:6• 6Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah. (Psa. 4:6)
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Psa. 89:15• 15Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance. (Psa. 89:15)
• If they were in doubt and trouble, his smile reassured them, and no grief on their part could alter his imperturbable cheerfulness. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If I laughed on them, they believed it notc; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "I smiled on them when they were without courage."

W. Kelly Translation

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I laugh on them when they have no confidence,{HR}Anda the light of my face they cannot cast down.

WK Translation Notes

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a
This is generally taken to mean that, if Job laid aside his dignified gravity, so far as to smile on them, they could scarcely believe in his paying them such notice. But the sense seems given correctly in the text, and more agreeably to the connection. It has been also suggested to understand it as intimating that they would not believe that Job would laugh at them, nor cause to fall the light, or dignified cheerfulness of his face. Mr. Carey considers the Hebrew word to mean "they presume" (literally, trust), and the sense to be that, spite of his graciousness, they do not carelessly provoke or take advantage.