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 My steps were washed with milk and the rock poured out streams of oil for me! 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 up and stood.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.

Deuteronomy 21:19

His father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.

Ruth 4:1-2

Boaz went to the public place in the town and sat down. When the kinsman-redeemer came along, the one he had mentioned, Boaz said: Come here, and sit down. He came and was seated.

Ruth 4:11

The leaders and the others said: Yes, we are witnesses. May Jehovah make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things that you should do. Every man should speak the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates (towns).

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