King James Version
Job 29:25 in the King James Version says “I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.” — study this verse from Job chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“out their way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“and sat”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“chief”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“as one that comforteth”
H5162properly, 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
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