Job 29:24
Job 29:21-25 The Message (MSG)
“Men and women listened when I spoke, hung expectantly on my every word. After I spoke, they’d be quiet, taking it all in. They welcomed my counsel like spring rain, drinking it all in. When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it; their faces lit up, their troubles took wing! I was their leader, establishing the mood and setting the pace by which they lived. Where I led, they followed.”
Job 29:24 King James Version (KJV)
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job 29:24 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down.
Job 29:24 New Century Version (NCV)
I smiled at them when they doubted, and my approval was important to them.
Job 29:24 American Standard Version (ASV)
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job 29:24 New International Version (NIV)
When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.
Job 29:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
Job 29:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I smiled at them when they did not believe, And they did not diminish the light of my face.