Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
In Context
15Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore-trees that are in the Lowland, for abundance.
Job 3:15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say: 'Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with many pledges!'
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 →