NET Bible
"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."
— Job 29:25, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.
They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.
If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
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.