Job 29:24

If I laughed on them. — That is, “They would not believe that I could be so affable to them, could so condescend to them — they looked up to me with the greatest deference.”

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I laughed on them they believed it not - There is considerable variety in the interpretation of this member of the verse. Dr. Good renders it,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[If] I (q) laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they (r) cast not down. (q) That is, they thought it not to be a...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. I laughed on them, they believed it not - Similar...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If I laughed on them, &c.— If I was merry with them, they could scarce contain themselves; yet dropped they not their reverence for me. The w...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. When I relaxed from my wonted gravity (a virtu...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way fo...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(18) В¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. (19) My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[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 a cheerful frame of mi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 29:24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. Ver. 24. If I laughed on them, the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If I laughed on them That is, carried myself familiarly and pleasantly with them; they believed it not It was so acceptable to them to see me wel...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If I laughed on them, or sported or jested with them, i.e. carried myself familiarly and pleasantly with them. They believed it not; it was so ac...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S RETROSPECT Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 29:3 . When his candle shined upon my head; that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If I laughed on them, they believed it not, literally, "when they had no confidence," when they were despondent about something, his cheering smile g...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 45:26 ; Luke 24:41 ; Psalms 126:1 ; Psalms 4:6 ; Psalms 89:15
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Laughed — Carried myself so familiarly with them, that they could scarce believe their eyes and ears. Cast not down — They were cautious not to giv...

²⁴ If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Related Commentaries of Job 29:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 29:24