Job 27:16
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
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
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Read in contextMatthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Read in contextJob 22:24
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Read in contextJames 5:2
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Read in context1 Kings 10:27
And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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