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


In Context

22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

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

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

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:25If 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.

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 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.