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Job 29:25 Interlinear

“I chose out their way and sat chief and dwelt as a king in the army the mourners as one that comforteth”

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Job 29 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר	H977	I chose	properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
2	דַּרְכָּם֮	H1870	out their way	a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
3	וְאֵשֵׁ֪ב	H3427	and sat	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
4	רֹ֥אשׁ	H7218	chief	the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
5	וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹן	H7931	and dwelt	to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
6	כְּמֶ֣לֶךְ	H4428	as a king	a king
7	בַּגְּד֑וּד	H1416	in the army	a crowd (especially of soldiers)
8	כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
9	אֲבֵלִ֣ים	H57	the mourners	lamenting
10	יְנַחֵֽם׃	H5162	as one that comforteth	properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo

Job 29:25 (current)I chose out their way and sat chief and dwelt as a king in the army the mourners as one that comforteth