Job 24:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² He draweth also the mighty with his power: He riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Yet [God] prolongs the life of the [wicked] mighty by His power; they rise up when they had despaired of life.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

Common English Bible

²² They drag away the strong by force; they may get up but without guarantee of survival.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² He has pulled down the strong by his strength, and, when he stands up, he will not have trust in his life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.

Job 24:22 Cross References

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.

Job 18:20

They of the west are appalled at their fate, and horror seizes those of the east.

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

Revelation 17:2

with whom the kings of the earth have engaged in sexual immorality and with the wine of whose prostitution the inhabitants of the earth have become drunk.”