Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
In Context
15His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;
17He may prepare, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:27And the king caused silver in Jerusalem to be as stones,—cedars also, caused he to be as the sycamores that are in the lowlands, for abundance.
Job 3:15Or with rulers possessing, gold,—Who had filled their houses with silver:
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not, these, all of them, against him, take up—a taunt, a mocking poem, enigmatical sentences—concerning him? And say—Alas! for him who maketh abundance in what is not his own, How long? that he should be burdening himself with heavy debts?
Matthew 6:19Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig 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 →