Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt 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.
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
Z@rowa`
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 9:15
The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
1 Kings 21:11-15
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
Job 13:8
Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
Job 29:7-17
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
Job 31:34
Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-
Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Isaiah 3:3
the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.