“But as for the mightie man, hee had the earth, and the honourable man dwelt in it.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
- King James Version
"But the earth belongs to the mighty man, And the honorable man dwells in it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.
- Basic English Bible
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
- Darby Bible
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
- Webster's Bible
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
- World English Bible
As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 22:8
22:8 Dwelt - Either by thy sentence or permission, he had a peaceable and sure possession of it, whether he had right to it, or no.