Job 29:25 - Exposition

I chose out their way, and sat chief . Though not an absolute monarch, but only a patriarchal head, I practically determined the course which the tribe took, since my advice was always followed. I thus "sat chief"— nay, dwelt as a king in the army (or, in the host , i.e. among the people), as one that comforteth the mourners ; i.e. as one to whom all looked for comfort in times of distress and calamity, as much as for counsel and guidance at other times ( Job 29:21-23 ).