Job 22:8 “while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on i…”

Job 22:8

while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

American Standard Version

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.

Darby Translation

But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

Young's Literal Translation

As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth 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.

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Cross references

“But as”

Job 29:7–17 Job 31:34 1 Kings 21:11–15 Psalm 12:8 Micah 7:3

Job 29:7–17 · BSB

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

Job 31:34 · BSB

because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

1 Kings 21:11–15 · BSB

So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

Psalm 12:8 · BSB

The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.

Micah 7:3 · BSB

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

“mighty man”

Job 13:8

Job 13:8 · BSB

Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?

Also

Isaiah 9:15 Isaiah 3:3

Isaiah 9:15 · BSB

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

Isaiah 3:3 · BSB

the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

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