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Job 22:8

Judgment

6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

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

while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

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BSB
while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
KJV
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
WEB
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
ASV
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
DARBY
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
BLB
But the man of arm, unto him [is] the land, and the uplifted of face, he dwells in it!
ÅB
Men den som gikk fram med vold, han fikk landet i eie, og den som var høyt aktet, bodde i det.
OTB
Men landet tilhører de mektige,
og de ærefulle bor på det.
B1930
Men den som gikk frem med vold, han fikk landet i eie, og den som var høit aktet, bodde i det.

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