Parallel Verses
Amplified
“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,
New American Standard Bible
When I
King James Version
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Holman Bible
and took my seat in the town square,
International Standard Version
"Whenever I went out to the city gate, a seat had been reserved for me in the plaza.
A Conservative Version
when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street.
American Standard Version
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
Bible in Basic English
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
Darby Translation
When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
Julia Smith Translation
In my going forth to the gate upon the city, in the street I shall prepare my seat
King James 2000
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the open square!
Lexham Expanded Bible
"At my going out [the] gate to [the] city, I secured my seat in the square.
Modern King James verseion
when I went out to the gate by the city; when I prepared my seat in the street!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When I went through the city unto the gate, and when they set me a chair in the street;
NET Bible
When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
New Heart English Bible
when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
The Emphasized Bible
When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,
Webster
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
World English Bible
when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
Youngs Literal Translation
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
6
When my steps [through rich pastures] were washed with butter and cream [from my livestock],
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil [from my olive groves].
“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,
The young men saw me and hid themselves,
The aged arose and stood [respectfully];
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:18
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deuteronomy 21:19
then his father and mother shall take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
Ruth 4:1-2
Then Boaz went up to the city gate [where business and legal matters were settled] and sat down, and then the close relative (redeemer) of whom Boaz had spoken came by. He said to him, “Come over here,
Ruth 4:11
All the people at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the household of Israel. May you achieve wealth and power in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.
Job 31:21
If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things which you should do: speak the truth with one another; judge with truth and pronounce the judgment that brings peace in [the courts at] your gates.