25If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.


In Context

22 To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.

23 They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

24 If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.

25 If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.

Job 29:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:25I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:25I chose out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:25I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:25I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:25I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:25I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelled as a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners.