Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Though he heaps up silver like dust
And piles up clothing like clay,
New American Standard Bible
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
King James Version
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Holman Bible
and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—
International Standard Version
"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,
A Conservative Version
Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,
American Standard Version
Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
Bible in Basic English
Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
Darby Translation
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Julia Smith Translation
If he shall heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as clay;
King James 2000
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and pile up clothing as the clay;
Lexham Expanded Bible
If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,
Modern King James verseion
Though he heaps up silver like the dust, and prepares clothing like the clay,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raiment as ready as the clay,
NET Bible
If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
New Heart English Bible
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
The Emphasized Bible
Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
Webster
Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay?
World English Bible
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Youngs Literal Translation
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Themes
Accumulation of wealth » The accumulation of, disappointing
Dress » Changes of clothes, the folly of excessive
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Wealth » Accumulation of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 27:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Final Speech
15
“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,
And [their] widows will not be able to weep.
“Though he heaps up silver like dust
And piles up clothing like clay,
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
Names
Cross References
Zechariah 9:3
For Tyre built herself an [impregnable] stronghold [on an island offshore],
And she has heaped up silver like dust
And gold like the mire of the streets.
1 Kings 10:27
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as the
Job 22:24
And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value],
Habakkuk 2:6
“Will all these [victims of his greed] not take up a taunting song against him,
And in mocking derision against him
Say, ‘
How long [will he possess it]?
And [woe to him who] makes himself wealthy with loans.’
Matthew 6:19
James 5:2
Your wealth has rotted and is ruined and your [fine] clothes have become moth-eaten.