Job 29:7

Easy To Read Version

“Those were the days\par when I went to the city gate\par and sat with the elders of the city\par in the public meeting place.\par

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

That evening the two angels came to the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting near the city gates and saw the angels. {Lot thought they were men traveling through town.} Lot got up and went to them and bowed down on the ground.

Genesis 34:20

Hamor and Shechem went to the meeting place of their city. They spoke to the men of the city and said,

Job 29:8

All the people there respected me!\par The young men stepped out of my way\par when they saw me coming.\par And the old men got up.\par They stood to show they respected me.\par

Job 31:21

I never shook my fist at an orphan\par when I saw him at the gate\par asking for help. {\cf2\super [65]} \par

Proverbs 31:23

People respect her husband.\par He is one of the leaders of the land.\par

Proverbs 8:3

They are near the gates of the city.\par They are calling out from the open doors.\par

Jeremiah 38:7

But a man named Ebed Melech heard that those officials had put Jeremiah into the cistern. {\cf2\super [325]} Ebed Melech was a man from Ethiopia, and he was a eunuch {\cf2\super [326]} in the king’s house. King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate. So Ebed Melech left the king’s house and went to talk to the king at that gate.

Zechariah 8:16

But you must do these things: Tell the truth to your neighbors. When you make decisions in your cities, do the things that are true and right and that bring peace.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Choose men to be judges and officers in every town that the Lord your God gives you. Every family group must do this. And these men must be fair in judging the people.

Deuteronomy 21:19

His father and mother must then take him to the leaders of the town at the town meeting place.

Ruth 4:11

So all the people and elders [32] that were near the city gates were witnesses. They said,