Job 22:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The powerful possess the land, and the favored live in it.

Flere versioner

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But [you, Job] the man with power possessed the land, and the favored and accepted man dwelt in it.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The powerful own land; the favored live in it.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

Job 22:8 Krydshenvisninger

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.

Job 13:8

Will you show partiality toward him; will you plead the case for God?

Job 31:34

because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence and did not go out of doors—

Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the eyes of its judges— if it is not he, who then is it?

Psalm 12:8

On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among humankind.

Isaiah 3:3

captain of fifty and dignitary, counselor and skillful magician and expert enchanter.

Isaiah 9:15

elders and dignitaries are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail,

Micah 7:3

Their hands are skilled to do evil; the official and the judge ask for a bribe, and the powerful dictate what they desire; thus they pervert justice.