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Job 27:17

Judgment

15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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.

19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

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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.

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BSB
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
KJV
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
WEB
he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
ASV
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
DARBY
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
BLB
he may pile [it] up, but the righteous will wear [it], and the innocent will divide [his] silver.
ÅB
så blir det de rettferdige som klær seg med det han har samlet, og sølvet skal de skyldfrie dele.
OTB
Han kan samle det, men de rettferdige vil bære det,
Og de uskyldige vil dele sølvet.
B1930
så blir det de rettferdige som klær sig med det han har samlet, og sølvet skal de skyldfrie dele.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 13:22

    A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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  • Proverbs 28:8

    He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:26

    For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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