Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
In Context
15Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation.
17he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
Job 3:15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
Habakkuk 2:6Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’
Matthew 6:19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
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 →