Job 29:25

²³ And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

²⁴ 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
KJV: I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
WEB: I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
ASV: I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
DARBY: I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.
BLB: I chose their path and sat [as] chief, and I dwelt as a king with [his] band, like one who comforts the mourners.

ÅB: Fikk jeg lyst til å gå til dem, da satt jeg der som høvding og tronte som en konge i sin krigerskare, lik en som trøster de sørgende.
OTB: Jeg bestemte deres kurs og satt som leder,
Og bodde som en konge blant troppene,
Som en som trøstet de sørgende.
B1930: Fikk jeg lyst til å gå til dem, da satt jeg der som høvding og tronte som en konge i sin krigerskare, lik en som trøster de sørgende.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 1:3–4
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
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Isaiah 35:3–4
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
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Genesis 14:14–17
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
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Isaiah 61:1–3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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1 Thessalonians 3:2–3
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
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Genesis 41:40
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
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Judges 11:8
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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2 Corinthians 7:5–7
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
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