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Job 29:7

5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

6 when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

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

8 the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

9 The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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,
DARBY
When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
BLB
[Or] in my going out [to] the gate upon the town, in the square I established my seat;
ÅB
Når jeg gikk opp til porten i byen og inntok mitt sete på torvet,
OTB
Da jeg gikk til byporten,
Da jeg tok mitt sete på torget,
B1930
Når jeg gikk op til porten i byen og inntok mitt sete på torvet,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ruth 4:1–2

    Meanwhile, 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.

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  • Zechariah 8:16

    These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

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  • Deuteronomy 16:18

    You 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Job 31:21

    if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

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  • Deuteronomy 21:19

    his 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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