Genesis 45:26; Luke 24:41; Psalms 126:1; Psalms 4:6; Psalms 89:15
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,...
[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...
Job 29. Job's Former Happy Days. Job 29:1-6 . Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means in...
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...
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...
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...
Job's Past Greatness and Happiness Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter...
If I laughed , etc.] RM 'I smiled on them when they had no confidence,' i.e. to encourage them. 24b. They failed to remove his cheerfulness.
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 wit...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1-25 ; Job 30:1-31 ; Job 31:1-40 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become in...
the Bitter Memory of the Happy Past Job 29:1-25 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have...
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...
(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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
JOB’S RETROSPECT Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends,...
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....
EXPOSITION Job 29:1-18 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man...
Job Speaks of his Benevolence and the Honor Accorded Him
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...
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.