Job 29:7
When I went forth early in the city, 1 And the seat was placed for me in the streets. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
6When my ways were moistened with butter, 1 And the mountains flowed for me with milk. 1
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: 1 And all the old men stood up. 1
Cross References
Genesis 19:1And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshiped with his face to the ground, and said,
Deuteronomy 16:18Thou shalt make for thyself judges and officers in thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee in thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:
Ruth 4:1And Boaz went up to the gate, and sat there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Boaz spoke: and Boaz said to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat down.
Job 31:21If I lifted my hand against an orphan, 1 Trusting that my strength was far superior to his: 1
Zechariah 8:16These are the things which ye shall do; speak truth every one with his neighbor; judge truth and peaceable judgment in your gates:
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 →