Job 29:7
I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
In Context
6My herds produced much milk, and oil flowed freely from my olive presses.
8The young men saw me and moved out of the way; the elders would stand up for me.
Cross References
Genesis 19:1The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot happened to be sitting at the entrance to Sodom, and when he saw them he stood up to meet them, and bowed low with his face to the ground.
Deuteronomy 16:18Choose judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town that the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.
Ruth 4:1Boaz went to the town gate, and sat down there. The family redeemer that Boaz had mentioned happened to pass by, so Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down.” The man came over and sat down.
Job 31:21If I raised my hand to hit an orphan, confident that if it came to court the judges would be on my side,
Zechariah 8:16This what you have to do: Tell each other the truth. In your courts judge honestly and truthfully, which makes for peace.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:2-7
Former Prosperity of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Losers may have leave to speak, and… Read the whole commentary →