Job 27:17
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.
Cross References
Esther 8:1On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
Proverbs 28:8He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, gathereth it for him that is gracious 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 →