Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Job 27:16 in other translations
| BSB | Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, |
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| WEB | Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; |
| ASV | Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; |
| YLT | If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, |
| DARBY | Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; |
| BBE | Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing; |
| Webster | Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay? |
What does Job 27:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 27:11-23
11-23. These words are contrary to Job's previous sentiments (see on Job 21:22-33; Job 24:22-25). Job 21:22-33; 24:22-25). They therefore seem to be Job's statement, not so much of his own sentiments, as of what Zophar would have said had he spoken when his turn came (end of the twenty-sixth chapter). So Job stated the friends' opinion (Job 21:17-21; 24:18-21). The objection is, why, if so, does not Job answer…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 27:11-23
Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their death would be dreadful. Job undertook to set this matter in a true light. Death to a godly man, is like a fair gale of wind to convey him to the heavenly country; but, to a wicked man, it is like a storm, that hurries him away to…
Job 27:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 27:16
- Zechariah 9:3
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
- Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Job 22:24
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
- James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
- Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
- 1 Kings 10:27
And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22:24; 1Ki 10:27; Hab 2:6; Zec 9:3
prepare raiment.D'Herbelot tells us, that Bokhten, an illustrious poet of Cufah, in the 9th century, had so many presents made him, that at his death he was found possessed of 100 suits of clothes, 200 shirts, and 500 turbans.
Mt 6:19; Jas 5:2
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Context
- Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
- Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
- Job 27:17
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job 27:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si amontonare plata como polvo, y si preparare ropa como lodo; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | S’il entasse l’argent comme la poussière et se prépare des vêtements comme de la boue, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn er Silber aufhäuft wie Staub, und Kleider bereitet wie Lehm: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum præparaverit vestimenta: |