Job 29:24
“If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
If I laughed on them, they believed it not,.... Not that he at any time laughed at them, by way of derision; but when in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
If I laughed on them they believed it not - There is considerable variety in the interpretation of this member of the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 29:18-25
That which crowned Job's prosperity was the pleasing prospect he had of the continuance of it. Though he knew, in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The verse means rather,
I laughed on them, when they had no confidence,
And the light of my countenance they cast not…
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