Job 29 · Verse 7

Job 29:7

When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job 29:7, King James Version

Job 29:7 in other translations

BSBWhen I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
WEBwhen I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
ASVWhen I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
YLTWhen I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
DARBYWhen I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
BBEWhen I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
WebsterWhen I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

What does Job 29:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 29:7-10
7-10. The great influence Job had over young and old, and noblemen. through ... street!--rather, When I went out of my house, in the country (see Job 1:1, prologue) to the gate (ascending), up to the city (which was on elevated ground), and when I prepared my (judicial) seat in the market place. The market place was the place of judgment, at the gate or propylæa of the city, such as is found in the remains of Nineveh and Persepolis (Is 59:14; Psa 55:11; 127:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 When I went out to the gate - Courts of justice were held at the gates or entrances of the cities of the East; and Job, being an emir, was supreme magistrate: and here he speaks of his going to the gate to administer justice. I prepared my seat in the street - I administered judgment openly, in the most public manner, and none could say that I, in any case, perverted justice. Mr. Good translates: - "As I went forth the city rejoiced at me, as I took my seat abroad."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 29:7-17
All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence, integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with such gifts as these! They have great opportunities of honouring God and doing good, but have great need to watch against pride. Happy the people who are blessed with such men! it is a token for good to them. Here we see what Job valued himself by, in the day of his prosperity. It was by his usefulness. He valued himself by the check he gave to the violence of proud and evil men. Good magistrates must thus be a restraint to evil-doers, and protect the innocent; in order to this, they should arm themselves with zeal and resolution. Such men are public blessings, and resemble Him who rescues poor sinners from Satan. How many who were ready to perish, now are blessing Him! But who can show forth His praises? May we trust in His mercy, and seek to imitate His truth, justice, and love.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 29:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּצֵ֣אתִיbe.Tze.tiwhen went out IH3318
שַׁ֣עַרSha.'ar[the] gateH8179
עֲלֵי\־'a.lei-onH5921
קָ֑רֶתKa.ret[the] townH7176
בָּ֝רְח֗וֹבba.re.Chovin the public squareH7339
אָכִ֥ין'a.KhinI preparedH3559
מוֹשָׁבִֽי\׃mo.sha.Viseat myH4186

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 29:7

  • Ruth 4:1-2

    Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

  • Zechariah 8:16

    These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

  • Deuteronomy 16:18

    Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

  • Ruth 4:11

    And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:

  • Job 31:21

    If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

  • Deuteronomy 21:19

    Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 16:18; 21:19; Ru 4:1,2,11; Zec 8:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 29:6

    When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

  • Job 29:7

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

  • Job 29:8

    The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

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Job 29:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando salía á la puerta á juicio, y en la plaza hacía preparar mi asiento,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand je sortais pour aller à la porte par la ville, quand je préparais mon siège sur la place:
German
Elberfelder 1871		als ich durch das Tor in die Stadt hineinging, meinen Sitz auf dem Platze aufstellte:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quando procedebam ad portam civitatis, et in platea parabant cathedram mihi.