King James Version
Job 29:24 in the King James Version says “If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.” — study this verse from Job chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.”
Job 29:24 · KJV
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“on them they believed”
H539properly, 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 permanen
“it not and the light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“of my countenance”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“they cast not down”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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