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Job 22:8–9

gThe man with power possessed the land,

and hthe favored man lived in it.

You have isent widows away empty,

and jthe arms of kthe fatherless were crushed.

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Job 22:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

though you were a powerful man, owning land—

an honored man, living on it.

And you sent widows away empty-handed

and broke the strength of the fatherless.

Job 22:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;

And the honourable man dwelt in it.

Thou hast sent widows away empty,

And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 22:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

You probably think the land belongs to the powerful

and only the privileged have a right to it!

You must have sent widows away empty-handed

and crushed the hopes of orphans.

Job 22:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But the mighty man possessed the land,

And the honorable man dwelt in it.

You have sent widows away empty,

And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Job 22:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

You were a powerful man who owned land;

you were honored and lived in the land.

But you sent widows away empty-handed,

and you mistreated orphans.

Job 22:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;

And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Thou hast sent widows away empty,

And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 22:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it. Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 22:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A strong person owns the land. 

A privileged person lives in it. 

You send widows away empty-handed, 

and the arms of orphans are broken. 

Job 22:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

while the land belonged to a powerful man

and an influential man lived on it.

You sent widows away empty-handed,

and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Job 22:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The powerful possess the land,

and the favored live in it.

You have sent widows away empty-handed,

and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.

Job 22:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And the land belongs to the man of power,

and the favored lives in it.

You have sent widows away empty-handed,

and the arms of orphans were crushed.

Job 22:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You did it even though you were honored and powerful.

You owned land and lived on it.

But you sent widows away without anything.

You mistreated children whose fathers had died.

Job 22:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“But the earth belongs to the mighty man,

And the honorable man dwells in it.

“You have sent widows away empty,

And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.


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