Job 27:16 · KJV
“Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;”
— Job 27:16
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
He may prepare {it}, but the just shall put {it} on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job 27 — Context
If his children be multiplied, {it is} for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17He may prepare {it}, but the just shall put {it} on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth {that} the keeper maketh.
Cross References
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.
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.
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. {made: Heb. gave}
Job 22:24
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the {gold} of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. {as dust: or, on the dust}
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! {Woe...: or, Ho, he}