24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
    the light of my face(A) was precious to them.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

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

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Many, Lord, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?”
    Let the light of your face shine on us.(A)

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There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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Surely you have granted him unending blessings
    and made him glad with the joy(A) of your presence.(B)

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For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

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It was not by their sword(A) that they won the land,
    nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand,(B) your arm,(C)
    and the light(D) of your face, for you loved(E) them.

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For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

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13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful,(A)
    but heartache crushes the spirit.(B)

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13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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17 As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.

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17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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