Job 29:7

New Century Version

I would go to the city gate and sit in the public square.

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting near the city gate. When he saw them, he got up and went to them and bowed facedown on the ground.

Genesis 34:20

So Hamor and Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Job 29:8

When the young men saw me, they would step aside, and the old men would stand up in respect.

Job 31:21

I have never hurt an orphan even when I knew I could win in court.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known at the city meetings, where he makes decisions as one of the leaders of the land.

Proverbs 8:3

Beside the city gates, at the entrances into the city, she calls out:

Jeremiah 38:7

But Ebed-Melech, a Cushite and a servant in the palace, heard that the officers had put Jeremiah into the well. As King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things you should do: Tell each other the truth. In the courts judge with truth and complete fairness.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you; they must judge the people fairly.

Deuteronomy 21:19

his parents must take him to the elders at the city gate.

Ruth 4:11

So all the people and elders who were at the city gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is coming into your home, like Rachel and Leah, who had many children and built up the people of Israel. May you become powerful in the district of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.