Job 29:25
Verse 25 of 25. The 29th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
Job 29:25 in the World English Bible
I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.Read Job 29:25 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 29:25
He was the sovereign of his country, v. 25. He chose out their way, sat at the helm, and steered for them, all referring themselves to his conduct and submitting themselves to his command. To this perhaps, in many countries, monarchy owed its rise: such a man as Job, that so far excelled all his neighbours in wisdom and integrity, could not but sit chief, and the fool will, of course, be servant to the wise in heart: and, if…
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