Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And the man of arm, to him the earth; and the lifted up of face 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.
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.
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 wilt not give to the weary one water to drink, and from the hungry one thou wilt withhold bread. 8 And the man of arm, to him the earth; and the lifted up of face dwelt in it. 9 Thou didst send away widows empty, and the arms of the orphans will be broken.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 9:15
The old man and they lifting up faces, he the head; and the prophet teaching falsehood, be the tail.
1 Kings 21:11-15
And the men of his city, the old men and the nobles, who were dwelling in his city, will do as Jezebel sent to them, according to what was written in the letters which she sent to them.
Job 13:8
Will ye accept his face? will ye contend for God?
Job 29:7-17
In my going forth to the gate upon the city, in the street I shall prepare my seat
Job 31:34
, If I, shall fear a great multitude, and the contempt of families terrify me, and I will be silent and not go out of my door.
Psalm 12:8
The unjust shall walk round about as the rising of a tempest to the sons of man.
Isaiah 3:3
The captain of fifty and the elevated of face, and the counselor, and the wise of the artificers, and the intelligent one enchanting.
Micah 7:3
For doing evil with the hands to do well, the chief asking, and the judge, for peace; and the great one, he spake the mischief of his soul: and they will entangle it