Job 29:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ I would go to the city gate
    and sit in the public square [^Cindicating Job was a city leader/elder].
⁸ When the young men saw me, they would ·step aside [or hide],
    and the old men would stand up in respect.
⁹ The ·leading men [princes] ·stopped speaking [^Lgrew silent]
    and covered their mouths with their hands.