Job 29:7

In 11 translations

BSB

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

KJV

When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

WEB

when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

ASV

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

LSV

When I go out to the gate by the city, || In a broad place I prepare my seat.

YLT

When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

DBY

When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,

DRC

When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

GNV

When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.

JPS

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,

LXXE

When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּצֵ֣אתִי שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־קָ֑רֶת בָּ֝רְח֗וֹב אָכִ֥ין מוֹשָׁבִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθριος ἐν πόλει, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος.

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• Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Ruth 4:1–2Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. Then Boaz took…
• Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
• Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah…
• Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
• Deuteronomy 21:19his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

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