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# I selected their way
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Here "selected their way" represents deciding what they should do. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# sat as their chief
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Here "sat" represents ruling or leading. Chiefs sat down when they made important decisions. Alternate translation: "led them as their chief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# sat as their chief
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Job was their chief. Alternate translation: "led them because I was their chief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# I lived like a king in his army
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Job speaks of how he led the people and how they obeyed him as if he were a king and they were his army. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# like one who comforts mourners
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This phrase means that Job actually was one who comforted people. Alternate translation: "I comforted them when they mourned" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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