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Job 29:24

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.

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.

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BSB
If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
KJV
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
WEB
I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.
ASV
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
DARBY
[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
BLB
I smiled at them, [and] they could not believe [it], and the light of my face they did not let fall.
ÅB
Når de var motløse, smilte jeg til dem, og mitt åsyns lys kunne de ikke formørke.
OTB
Jeg smilte til dem når de ikke trodde,
Og de så ikke på lyset i mitt ansikt uvennlig.
B1930
Når de var motløse, smilte jeg til dem, og mitt åsyns lys kunde de ikke formørke.

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