Job 29:24

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

In context

22 After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
KJV King James Version: If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
WEB World English Bible: I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.
ASV American Standard Version: I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.
DBY Darby Translation: [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
WBS Webster Bible: If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.