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OET (OET-LV) I_chose way_their and_sat chief and_lived as_king in/on/at/with_troops just_as mourners someone_comforts.
OET (OET-RV) I chose their path and I sat as a chief,
⇔ and I lived like a king with his troops,
⇔ like when someone comforts those who’re mourning.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר דַּרְכָּם֮ וְאֵשֵׁ֪ב רֹ֥אשׁ
chose way,their and,sat head
Since Job chose the way for the people of his community because he was their chief, it might be more natural to reverse the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: “I sat as a chief and I chose their way”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר דַּרְכָּם֮
chose way,their
Job is speaking of what he determined his community should do as if that were a way or path for the people to walk along. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I guided them about the right things to do”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְאֵשֵׁ֪ב רֹ֥אשׁ
and,sat head
Job is describing how he held the position of a chief by association with the way he sat in a place reserved for such a leader. (He refers similarly to “my seat” in verse 7.) If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and I was their chief”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּגְּד֑וּד
and,lived as,king in/on/at/with,troops
In this culture, kings would accompany their armies into the field as their commanders. The point of this comparison is probably that just as the authority of a king would be unquestioned within his army, so people did not question Job’s directions as their leader. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “and everyone respected my authority”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲבֵלִ֣ים יְנַחֵֽם
just=as mourners comforts
Job makes this further comparison to specify that he led the community gently and in its own best interests. He did not exercise his authority in an arbitrary, despotic way. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “but I was gentle and encouraging as a leader”
29:25 In the past, Job had comforted those who mourned (4:3-4). This verse is a prophetic mandate closely associated with the work of the Messiah (Isa 40:1; 61:1-3; Luke 4:18-19; cp. 2 Cor 1:3-4).
OET (OET-LV) I_chose way_their and_sat chief and_lived as_king in/on/at/with_troops just_as mourners someone_comforts.
OET (OET-RV) I chose their path and I sat as a chief,
⇔ and I lived like a king with his troops,
⇔ like when someone comforts those who’re mourning.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.