Catholic Public Domain Version
"If I wished to go to them, I sat down first, and, though I sat like a king surrounded by an army, yet I was a comforter to those who mourned. "
— Job 29:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. ”
“I chose out their way, and sataschief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners. ”
“I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.”
“I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.”
“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. ”
“I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...”
“I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. ”
To my words, they dared to add nothing, and my eloquence poured over them.
They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.
If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground.
If I wished to go to them, I sat down first, and, though I sat like a king surrounded by an army, yet I was a comforter to those who mourned.