Job 27:17
those who do good will wear the clothes and the innocent will divide the silver among them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
In Context
16Even though they pile up silver like dust, and clothes like heaps of clay,
18They build their houses like a moth; like some flimsy shelter made by a watchman.
Cross References
Esther 8:1That very day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the property that had belonged to Haman, the enemy of the Jews. Also, Mordecai came before the king, because Esther had explained who he was to her.
Proverbs 28:8Anyone who gets rich through charging interest and profiteering is only storing it up for someone who is kind to the poor.
Matthew Henry on Job 27:12-23
Heritage of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 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… Read the whole commentary →