though 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、

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.

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

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

the elders and dignitaries are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

“ When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.

So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them.They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people.Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying,“ Naboth has cursed both God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.Then they sent word to Jezebel:“ Naboth has been stoned to death.”As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab,“ Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite that he refused to sell you. He is no longer alive, but dead.”

because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside—

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

the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.

Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together.