Verse Comparison: Job 29:7
American Standard Version
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
Amplified® Bible
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],
Contemporary English Version
When I sat down at the meeting of the city council,
Darby English Version
When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
Good News Bible
Whenever the city elders met and I took my place among them,
King James Version
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
New American Standard Bible
"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,
New International Version
"When I went to the gate of the city
and took my seat in the public square,
New King James Version
“When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,
Revised Standard Version
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,
Young's Literal Translation
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
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