“If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance fell not on the ground. If we understand this according to the words of the history, it must be imagined that the holy man had shewn himself such to those under him, that even in laughing he was able to be feared. But whereas he relates above…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XX
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24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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In context
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
— Job 29:24 —
25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.