Job 22:8
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. Eliphaz delivers his third and most accusatory speech, charging Job with specific sins: withholding water from the weary, refusing bread to the hungry, and sending widows away empty. He urges Job to return to the Almighty and put away iniquity, …
Other Translations
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
As to the man of arm--he hath the earth, And the accepted of face--he dwelleth in it.
For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.
Cross References
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went …
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, …
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did …
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and …