Job 24:22
Modern Translations
New International Version
But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.

New Living Translation
“God, in his power, drags away the rich. They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life.

English Standard Version
Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life.

Berean Study Bible
Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

New American Standard Bible
“But He drags off the mighty by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

NASB 1995
"But He drags off the valiant by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

NASB 1977
“But He drags off the valiant by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

Amplified Bible
“Yet God draws away the mighty by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

Christian Standard Bible
Yet God drags away the mighty by his power; when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet God drags away the mighty by His power; when He rises up, they have no assurance of life.

Contemporary English Version
But God's mighty strength destroys those in power. Even if they seem successful, they are doomed to fail.

Good News Translation
God, in his strength, destroys the mighty; God acts--and the wicked die.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[God] will drag away [these] mighty men by his power. These people may prosper, but they will never feel secure about life.

International Standard Version
God prolongs the life of the strong by his power, but they get up in the morning without purpose in life.

NET Bible
But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

New King James Version
“But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life.

King James 2000 Bible
He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, but no man is sure of life.

New Heart English Bible
Yet he preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

World English Bible
Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

American King James Version
He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, and no man is sure of life.

American Standard Version
Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

A Faithful Version
He drags away the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no one is sure of life.

Darby Bible Translation
He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.

English Revised Version
He draweth away the mighty also by his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Webster's Bible Translation
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth vp, none is sure of life.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He drue the mightie after hym with his power, and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They plucke downe the mightie wt their power, & when they them selues are gotten vp, they are neuer without feare, as longe as they liue.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And [God] has drawn the mighty by His power, "" He rises, and none believes in life.

Young's Literal Translation
And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he drew the mighty in his power: he will rise up and none shall be sure in living.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He has pulled down the strong by his strength, and, when he stands up, he will not have trust in his life.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the property of a mighty one shall stand by his power, and he will not believe in a vision

Lamsa Bible
The wealth of a man of power is sustained by his own strength; he does not depend on divine guidance.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He draweth away the mighty also by his power; He riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, a man will not feel secure of his own life.
















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