Bible in Basic English
"When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,"
— Job 29:7, Bible in Basic English
“When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!”
“When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, ”
“When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,”
“When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?”
As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;
While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;
When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;
The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.