Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth, and the honored man lived 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.
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 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 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have held back bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth, and the honored man lived in it. 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 9:15
The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
1 Kings 21:11-15
And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
Job 13:8
Will you lift up His person, or contend for God?
Job 29:7-17
when I went out to the gate by the city; when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job 31:34
then let me tremble before a great multitude, and be terrified by the scorn of families; and I will be silent and not go out the door.
Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is praised by the sons of men.
Isaiah 3:3
the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the adviser, and the skilled worker, and the expert charmer.
Micah 7:3
Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.