Job 27:16
Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
In Context
15His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
17He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:27And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedars as the wilde figtrees that growe abundantly in the plaine.
Job 3:15Or with the princes that had golde, and haue filled their houses with siluer.
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?
Matthew 6:19Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe and canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.
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 →