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Job 22:8

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8And the land belongs to the man of power,c

and the favoredd lives in it.

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Footnotes

  1. cLiterally “man of power for him”
  2. dLiterally “lifted up of face”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The man with power possessed the land,

and the favored man lived in it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

though you were a powerful man, owning land—

an honored man, living on it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

while the land belonged to a powerful man

and an influential man lived on it.

NLTNew Living Translation

You probably think the land belongs to the powerful

and only the privileged have a right to it!

KJV 1900King James Version

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

And the honourable man dwelt in it.