Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
mighty—Hebrew, "man of arm" (Psalms 10:15; namely, Job).
honourable—Hebrew, "eminent, or, accepted for countenance" (Isaiah 3:3; II Kings 5:1); that is, possessing authority. Eliphaz repeats his charge (Job 15:28; so Zophar, Job 20:19), that it was by violence Job wrung houses and lands from the poor, to whom now he refused relief (Job 22:7, Job 22:9) [MICHAELIS].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 22:8:
Job 24:4
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