Job 29:7

בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי ־ קָרֶת בָּרְחוֹב אָכִין מוֹשָׁבִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

6בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי ־ שָֽׁמֶן ׃

8רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִֽישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָֽדוּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 19:1וַיָּבֹאוּ שְׁנֵי הַמַּלְאָכִים סְדֹמָה בָּעֶרֶב וְלוֹט יֹשֵׁב בְּשַֽׁעַר ־ סְדֹם וַיַּרְא ־ לוֹט וַיָּקָם לִקְרָאתָם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַפַּיִם אָֽרְצָה ׃

Deuteronomy 16:18שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹֽׁטְרִים תִּֽתֶּן ־ לְךָ בְּכָל ־ שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ וְשָׁפְטוּ אֶת ־ הָעָם מִשְׁפַּט ־ צֶֽדֶק ׃

Ruth 4:1וּבֹעַז עָלָה הַשַּׁעַר וַיֵּשֶׁב שָׁם וְהִנֵּה הַגֹּאֵל עֹבֵר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ־ בֹּעַז וַיֹּאמֶר סוּרָה שְׁבָה ־ פֹּה פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי וַיָּסַר וַיֵּשֵֽׁב ׃

Job 31:21אִם ־ הֲנִיפוֹתִי עַל ־ יָתוֹם יָדִי כִּֽי ־ אֶרְאֶה בַשַּׁעַר עֶזְרָתִֽי ׃

Zechariah 8:16אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר תַּֽעֲשׂוּ דַּבְּרוּ אֱמֶת אִישׁ אֶת ־ רֵעֵהוּ אֱמֶת וּמִשְׁפַּט שָׁלוֹם שִׁפְטוּ בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶֽם ׃

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 →

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