Job 29:7
When I went out to the sha'ar through the city, 1 when I took my moshav in the rekhov! 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 I washed my steps with khemah, 1 and the tzur poured me out streams of shemen; 1
8The ne'arim saw me, and stepped aside, 1 and the aged arose, and stood up. 1
Cross References
Genesis 19:1And there came two malachim to Sodom at erev; and Lot sat in the sha'ar Sodom; and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Deuteronomy 16:18Shofetim and shoterim shalt thou appoint thee in all thy she'arim, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, throughout thy shevatim: and they shall judge HaAm with mishpat-tzedek.
Ruth 4:1Then went Boaz up to the sha'ar, and sat him down there; and, hinei, the Go'el of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! Turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Job 31:21If I have lifted up my yad against the yatom, 1 when I saw my influence in the sha'ar (gate, court); 1
Zechariah 8:16These are the things that ye must do: 1 Speak ye every man emes to his neighbor; 1 execute the judgment of mishpat shalom 1 in your she'arim (gates, courts); 1
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 →