8though you were a powerful man, owning land- an honored man, living on it.


In Context

5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?

6 You demanded security from your brothers for no reason; you stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked.

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

8 though you were a powerful man, owning land- an honored man, living on it.

9 And you sent widows away empty- handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.

10 That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,

Job 22:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:8In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man, he dwelt in it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelled in it.