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


In Context

22 After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

23 And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain.

24 I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

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

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 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 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.