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


In Context

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.

19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

Job 27:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:17He may prepare [it,] but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:17He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17He prepareth — and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.