Job 27:16
14 Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
15 His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
17 what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- KJV
- Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
- WEB
- Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
- ASV
- Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
- DARBY
- Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
- BLB
- Though he heaps up silver like the dust, and piles up clothing like the clay,
- ÅB
- Når han dynger opp sølv som støv og samler seg klær som lere,
- OTB
- Selv om han hoper opp sølv som støv,
Og samler stoffer så rikelig som leire, - B1930
- Når han dynger op sølv som støv og samler sig klær som lere,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 9:3
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
Read in contextMatthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Read in contextJob 22:24
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
Read in contextJames 5:2
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:6
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
Read in context1 Kings 10:27
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
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