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Job 29:24

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 29:24

Verse 24 of 25

Scripture focus

[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Job 29:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 29:24

Theological / Devotional

If I laughed. The old Jewish commentators considered this text to mean that men so highly respected Job’s importance that they could not believe it possible for him to laugh familiarly with them. A more plausible explanation is that Job cheered despondent people with friendly smiles.

My countenance. Job was able to help by his smile those who were perplexed and despondent, and despondency on the part of others was never able to cast down his countenance. He had sufficient spiritual resources to enable him to remain happy and unperturbed, though those about him were despondent.

By SdaBc