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Job 29:25

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

KJV

Si voluissem ire ad eos, sedebam primus : cumque sederem quasi rex, circumstante exercitu, eram tamen mœrentium consolator.

Vulgate

ἐξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων, καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις, ὃν τρόπον παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν.

LXX

I chose out their way, and sataschief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.

ASV

אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר דַּרְכָּ/ם֮ וְ/אֵשֵׁ֪ב רֹ֥אשׁ וְ֭/אֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּ/מֶ֣לֶךְ בַּ/גְּד֑וּד כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲבֵלִ֣ים יְנַחֵֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָבֵ֖ל
'bl
adjective · 8×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
גְּד֔וּד
gdvd
noun · 32×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 3:2 — 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:
  • 2Cor 1:3 — Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
  • Gen 14:14 — 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Isa 35:3 — Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
  • Isa 61:1 — 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 th
  • Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all
  • Judg 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 Gile