Job 29:7-11 ▼

7 “When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,

8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged arose and stood [respectfully];

9 The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;

10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, And their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

11 “For when an ear heard [my name mentioned], it called me happy and fortunate; And when an eye saw [me], it testified for me [approvingly],