Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,

有能力的人就得地土；尊贵的人也住在其中。

有能力的人得土地；尊贵的人住在其中。

有能力的人得土地；尊贵的人住在其中。

土地归了权贵，只让显要占有。

有势力的人就有土地，尊贵的人住在其中。

有能力的人就得地土；尊貴的人也住在其中。

有能力的人得土地；尊貴的人住在其中。

有能力的人得土地；尊貴的人住在其中。

土地歸了權貴，只讓顯要佔有。

有勢力的人就有土地，尊貴的人住在其中。

膀臂粗的人、就得土地；有體面的人就住在其中。

強者得土、尊者居之、

強者任其得土、尊者聽其得廬、

爾以為有勢者方可得土地、位尊者方可居之、

though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it.

You did it even though you were honored and powerful. You owned land and lived on it.

The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man lived in it.

You probably think the land belongs to the powerful and only the privileged have a right to it!

while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.

But the earth belongs to the powerful man, And the one who is honorable dwells on it.

But the mighty man possessed the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.

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

while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.

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

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

The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.“ As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.

The men of the city, the leaders and the nobles who lived there, followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them.They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people.The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“ Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.Then they reported to Jezebel,“ Naboth has been stoned to death.”When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab,“ Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–

Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.