Job 27:16
Strong's Lexicon
Though
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

he heaps up
יִצְבֹּ֣ר (yiṣ·bōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6651: 1) (Qal) to heap up, pile up 1a) of grain, dust, silver

silver
כָּ֑סֶף (kā·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents

like dust
כֶּעָפָ֣ר (ke·‘ā·p̄ār)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: 1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish 1a) dry or loose earth 1b) debris 1c) mortar 1d) ore

and piles up
יָכִ֥ין (yā·ḵîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

a wardrobe
מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃ (mal·būš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4403: 1) clothing, apparel, vestments, raiment, attire

like clay,
וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר (wə·ḵa·ḥō·mer)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2563: 1) cement, mortar, clay 1a) mortar, cement 1b) clay 1c) mire 2) heap 2a) swelling, surging (of water) 3) homer-a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Young's Literal Translation
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though he piles up  silver like  dust and heaps up a wardrobe like  clay —

New American Standard Bible
"Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as [plentiful as] the clay,

King James Bible
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

New Living Translation
"Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.

English Standard Version
Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,

New American Standard Bible
"Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay--

International Standard Version
"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,

NET Bible
If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
















Cross References
Job 3:15
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

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

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Zephaniah 1:11
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

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.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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