16Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,


In Context

13 "Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:

14 However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.

15 The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.

16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

17 what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

18 The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

Job 27:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;