Job 29:7 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
English ASV
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
English Amplified
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the street [the broad place for the council at the city's gate],
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the street [the broad place for the council at the city's gate],
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
English EASY 2024
I would go to the gate of the city, and sit there as one of the leaders.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"Those were the days when I went to the city gate and sat in the public meeting of the elders.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Whenever the city elders met and I took my place among them,
English God's Word - GW 1995
When I went through the city gate and took my seat in the town square,
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,
English KJV 1611
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
English LSB
When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
“When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
When I went forth to the gate of the city and set up my seat in the square-
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
"In those days I went to the city gate. I took my seat as a member of the council.
English NIV
"When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,
English NKJ 1982
“When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,
English NLT
"Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
“Those were the days when I went out to the city gate and took my place among the honored elders.
English Tyndale 1537
When I went thorow the city unto the gate, and when they set me a chair in the street: