Job 22:8

man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. See translation below.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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1 Kings 21:11-15 ; Job 13:8 ; Job 29:7-17 ; Job 31:34 ; Micah 7:3 ; Psalms 12:8
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dwelt — Either by thy sentence or permission, he had a peaceable and sure possession of it, whether he had right to it, or no.

⁸ But as for the mightyb man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

Related Commentaries of Job 22:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 22:8