“I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Job 29 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.