Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 29:7

7. When I went out to the gate , through the City , when I prepared my seat in the street .

From my dwelling.

To wit, of the City, as the following words shew, to the place of Judicature, which was in the Gates, as hath been oft observed.

Through that part of the City which was between my House and the Gate. Or, to the City, i. e. the Gate belonging to the City: So Iob might live in the Country adjoining to it.

When I caused the seat of Justice to be set for me. By this, and divers other Expressions, it appears that Iob was a Magistrate, or Judge in his Country.

i. e. In that void and open place within, or near the Gate, where the People assembled for the administration of Justice among them.