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Job 29:7

When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

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בְּצֵ֣אתִיbetsetiin bring forthיָצָאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in bring forth”, the to-form of the verbH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…שַׁ֣עַרshaardoorשַׁעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).עֲלֵיaleaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…קָ֑רֶתqaretcityקֶרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “city”, the ordinary formH7176a citycity.בָּ֝רְח֗וֹבbarechovin broad placeרְחֹבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in broad place”, the ordinary formH7339a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or areabroad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).אָכִ֥יןakhinbe fittedכּוּןverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be fitted”, an unfinished actionH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…מוֹשָׁבִֽיmoshaviseatמוֹשָׁבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “seat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, populationassembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,

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American Standard Version (1901)

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

Young’s Literal Translation

When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

World English Bible

when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

Darby Translation

When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,

Douay-Rheims

When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθριος ἐν πόλει, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος.