King James Version

Job 22:8

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

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וְאִ֣ישׁveishand a certainאִישׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…זְ֭רוֹעַzeroaarmזְרוֹעַnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “arm”, the ordinary formH2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, forcearm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.ל֣וֹlvotoל֣וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toהָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וּנְשׂ֥וּאunesuand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, construct — “and lift up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…פָ֝נִ֗יםfanima- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “a- fore”, the ordinary formH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…יֵ֣שֶׁבyeshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dwell”, an unfinished actionH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בָּֽהּbahinבָּֽהּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Young’s Literal Translation

As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.

World English Bible

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

Darby Translation

But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

Douay-Rheims

In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those that were already settled on the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον, ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.