Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and an influential man lived on it.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
International Standard Version
The land belongs to the powerful, and the privileged thrive in it.
A Conservative Version
But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
American Standard Version
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
Amplified
“But the land is possessed by the man with power,
And the favored and honorable man dwells in it.
Bible in Basic English
For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.
Darby Translation
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
Julia Smith Translation
And the man of arm, to him the earth; and the lifted up of face dwelt in it.
King James 2000
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the land {belongs to the man of power}, and {the favored} lives in it.
Modern King James verseion
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth, and the honored man lived in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Should such one then as useth violence, wrong and oppression, doing all things of partiality, and having respect of persons, dwell in the land?
NET Bible
Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,
New Heart English Bible
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
The Emphasized Bible
A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein:
Webster
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
World English Bible
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
Youngs Literal Translation
As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it.
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
7
and withheld food from the famished,
and an influential man lived on it.
and the strength of the fatherless
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 9:15
the tail is the prophet, the lying teacher.
1 Kings 21:11-15
The men of his city, the elders and nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had commanded them, as was written in the letters she had sent them.
Job 13:8
or argue the case in His defense?
Job 29:7-17
and took my seat in the town square,
Job 31:34
and the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so I grew silent and would not go outside?
Psalm 12:8
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.
Isaiah 3:3
the counselor, cunning magician,
Micah 7:3
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.