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

⁸ The powerful possess the land, and the favored live 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

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.

Isaiah 3:3

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

Psalm 12:8

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

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 13:8

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

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?

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.