Parallel Verses
Amplified
“But the land is possessed by the man with power,
And the favored and honorable man dwells in 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.
Holman Bible
and an influential man lived on 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.
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
“You have not given water to the weary to drink,
And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
“But the land is possessed by the man with power,
And the favored and honorable man dwells in it.
“You have sent widows away empty-handed,
And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 9:15
The elderly and honorable man, he is the head;
And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
1 Kings 21:11-15
So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived there, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
Job 13:8
“Will you show partiality for Him [and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him]?
Will you contend and plead for God?
Job 29:7-17
“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,
Job 31:34
Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
So that I kept silence and did not acknowledge my sin and did not go out of the door?
Psalm 12:8
The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
Isaiah 3:3
The captain of fifty and the man of honor,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter.
Micah 7:3
Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly;
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul.
So they twist the course of justice between them.