Job 27:16New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as [plentiful as] the clay,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Though they heap up silver like dust and accumulate clothes like clay,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; |
Though
x518 (0518) Complementאִם'im{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
he heap up
6651 {6651} Primeצָבַרtsabar{tsaw-bar'}
A primitive root; to aggregate.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
silver
3701 {3701} Primeכֶּסֶףkeceph{keh'-sef}
From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money.
as the dust,
6083 {6083} Primeעָפָר`aphar{aw-fawr'}
From H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence clay, earth, mud.
and prepare
3559 {3559} Primeכּוּןkuwn{koon}
A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal ( establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative ( appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous).
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
raiment
4403 {4403} Primeמַלְבּוּשׁmalbuwsh{mal-boosh'}
From H3847; a garment, or (collectively) clothing.
as the clay;
2563 {2563} Primeחֹמֶרchomer{kho'-mer}
From H2560; properly a bubbling up, that is, of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence a chomer or dry measure. |
Job 27:16
_ _ dust ... clay — images of multitudes (Zechariah 9:3). Many changes of raiment are a chief constituent of wealth in the East. |
Job 27:16
As clay — In great abundance. |
- heap up:
Job 22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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.
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!
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.
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- 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.
Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
James 5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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