Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,

New American Standard Bible

“But the earth belongs to the mighty man,
And the honorable man dwells in it.

King James Version

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

Holman Bible

while the land belonged to a powerful man
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 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?

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But as for the mighty
זרעה זרועה זרע זרוע 
Z@rowa` 
Usage: 91

man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

he had the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and the honourable man
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

References

Hastings

Job

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Third Speech

7 You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food. 8 Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it, 9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:15

The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

1 Kings 21:11-15

The men of the city, the leaders and the nobles who lived there, followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them.

Job 13:8

Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

Job 29:7-17

When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,

Job 31:34

because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors --

Psalm 12:8

for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.

Isaiah 3:3

captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

Micah 7:3

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.

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