Job 29:24

American Standard Version (1901)

I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many there are that say, Who will show us [any] good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Ps 89:15 : 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.
  • Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here anything to eat?
  • Gen 45:26 : 26 And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not.

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