The Pulpit Commentary on Job 29:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

When I went out to the gate through the city; rather, by the city, or over against the city. The "gate" was the place where justice was administered, and public business generally despatched. It would be "over against" the city, separated from it by a large square or place ( רְחוֹב), in which a multitude might assemble (sue Nehemiah 8:1).

Hither Job was accustomed to proceed from time to time, to act as judge and administrator. When I prepared my seat in the street. On such occasions a seat would be brought out and "prepared," where the judge would sit to hear causes and deliver sentences (comp.

Nehemiah 3:7).

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