Job 29:7 - Exposition

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 ).