Devine Scripture

Job 27:16

Job chapter 27 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

v.16This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 6:19

    Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

  • Job 22:24

    And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, Andthe gold ofOphir among the stones of the brooks;

  • James 5:2

    Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

  • 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 that ladeth himself with pledges!

  • 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 lowland, for abundance.

  • Zechariah 9:3

    And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.