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Job 29:25

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← Job 29:24	Job 29:25 (KJV)	Job 30:1 →
[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.	But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I chose^H977 out their way^H1870, and sat^H3427 chief^H7218, and dwelt^H7931 as a king^H4428 in the army^H1416, as one that comforteth^H5162 the mourners^H57.

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Original Hebrew

אֶבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכֹּון כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר	'e.va.Char	H977	HVqi1cs	I chose
דַּרְכָּ/ם֮	dar.Ka/m	H1870	HNcbsc/Sp3mp	way/ their
וְ/אֵשֵׁ֪ב	ve./'e.Shev	H3427	HC/Vqi1cs	so/ I may sit
רֹ֥אשׁ	rosh	H7218	HNcmsa	(as) chief
וְ֭/אֶשְׁכּוֹן	Ve./'esh.kon	H7931	HC/Vqi1cs	so/ I may dwell
כְּ/מֶ֣לֶךְ	ke./Me.lekh	H4428	HR/Ncmsa	like/ a king
בַּ/גְּד֑וּד	ba./ge.Dud	H1416	HRd/Ncmsa	among the/ troop(s)
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka./'a.Sher	H834	HR/Tr	just/ as
אֲבֵלִ֣ים	'a.ve.Lim	H57	HAampa	mourners
יְנַחֵֽם	ye.na.Chem	H5162	HVpi3ms	someone comforts

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H57 — אָבֵל (ʼâbêl, aw-bale'): from אָבַל; lamenting; mourn(-er, -ing).
• H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
• H1416 — גְּדוּד (gᵉdûwd, ghed-ood'): from גָּדַד; a crowd (especially of soldiers); army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).
• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H5162 — נָחַם (nâcham, naw-kham'): a primitive root; 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 (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself); comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H7931 — שָׁכַן (shâkan, shaw-kan'): a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב through the idea of lodging; compare סִכְלוּת, שָׁכַם); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively); abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

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