Job 22:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honourable man dwelt in it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But [you, Job] the man with power possessed the land, and the favored and accepted man dwelt in it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Common English Bible

⁸ The powerful own land; the favored live in it.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.

Job 22:8 Cross References

Job 12:19

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

Job 13:8

Will ye accept his person? Will ye contend for God?

Job 31:34

did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

Psalm 12:8

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Isaiah 3:3

the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

Isaiah 9:15

The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Micah 7:3

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.