Job 29:7
What meaning of the job 29:7 in the Bible?
What does Job 29:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!"
What does Job 29:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!"
Verse Job 29:7. _WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE GATE_] Courts of justice were held at the gates or entrances of the cities of the East; and Job, being an _emir_, was _supreme magistrate_: and here he speaks o...
WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE GATE - The “gate” of a city was a place of public concourse, and where courts were usually held. Job speaks here as a magistrate, and of the time when he went forth to sit as a...
CHAPTER 29 _ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_ 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11) Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another ch...
JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS. Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14). JOB 29:7. Job describes the...
STREET. broad or open place....
The third and chiefest element of his past happiness was the respect of men, and the joy of intercourse with them. This is the main subject of the chapter. _the gate through the city_ Or, the gate BY...
D. THE SOLILOQUY OF A SUFFERER (Job 29:1, Job 31:40) 1. Reminiscencehis former happy life (Job 29:1-25) a. The outward aspect (Job 29:1-10) TEXT 29:1-10 1 AND JOB AGAIN TOOK UP HIS PARABLE, AND SA...
_WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE GATE THROUGH THE CITY, WHEN I PREPARED MY SEAT IN THE STREET!_ The great influence Job had over young and old, and noblemen. THROUGH ... STREET - rather, 'when I went out of...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a great and worthy chieftain...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 29 JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
TO THE GATE. — There business was transacted. (Comp. the expression, which is still used with reference to the Turkish Empire, of “the Sublime Porte,” or the supreme Place of government; Psalms 127:5;...
בְּ צֵ֣אתִי שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי ־קָ֑רֶת בָּ֝ † רְחֹ֗וב אָכִ֥ין מֹושָׁבִֽי׃...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the...
THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST Job 29:1 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this chapter!...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he f...
_To the gate. Septuagint, "early." --- Chair, or throne, where Job sat in judgment. (Haydock) --- It appears evident that he was the prince in his city. Idumea had at first several petty kings at the...
(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE, GATE THROUGH THE CITY,.... Job having described his former state of happiness by the personal favours he enjoyed, and by the prosperity of his family, and his abundance of plen...
When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street! Ver. 7. _When I went out to the gate_] _i.e._ To the place of judicature, called by Solomon the holy place, Eccl...
_When I went out to the gate_ When I went from my dwelling to the gate of the city, the place of judicature, which, as has often been observed, was in the gates. _When I prepared my seat in the street...
JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
Job also had enjoyed social prestige. Apparently, Job had occupied. very important position in the community, He was highly respected not only by the young, but also by those older. In fact, even the...
7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence, integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with such gi...
WHEN I WENT OUT FROM MY DWELLING TO THE GATE, to wit, of the city, as the following words show; to the place of judicature, which was in the gates, as hath been oft observed. THROUGH THE CITY; through...
Job 29:7 out H3318 (H8800) gate H8179 city H7176 took H3559 (H8686) seat H4186 square H7339 Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 21:19; Ruth 4:1-2, Ruth 4:11; Zechariah 8:16
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles of the world, although virtu...
Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images...
_JOB’S RETROSPECT_ Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently well-...
EXPOSITION JOB 29:1 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1) He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all of his afflictions. Lookin...
Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 21:19; Ruth 4:1; Ruth 4:11; Ruth 4:2; Zechariah 8:16...
Seat — When I caused the seat of justice to be set for me. By this, and several other expressions, it appears that Job was a magistrate. Street — In that open place, near the gate, where the people as...