Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat in the square,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

"Whenever I went out to the city gate, a seat had been reserved for me in the plaza.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,

Bible in Basic English

When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

In my going forth to the gate upon the city, in the street I shall prepare my seat

King James 2000

When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the open square!

Lexham Expanded Bible

"At my going out [the] gate to [the] city, I secured my seat in the square.

Modern King James verseion

when I went out to the gate by the city; when I prepared my seat in the street!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When I went through the city unto the gate, and when they set me a chair in the street;

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

to the gate
שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

קרת 
Qereth 
Usage: 5

my seat
משׁב מושׁב 
Mowshab 
Usage: 44

References

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

6 when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! 7 “When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat in the square,
8 the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,

Ruth 4:1-2

Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem,

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;

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