Job 29:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,”
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“When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!”
King James Version · Public Domain“When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 29:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:1Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
- Genesis 34:20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
- 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.
- 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,
- Ruth 4:1Meanwhile, 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.
- 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 and famous in Bethlehem.
- Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
- Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
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