Job 27:17 · KJV
“He may prepare {it}, but the just shall put {it} on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.”
— Job 27:17
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth {that} the keeper maketh.
Job 27 — Context
Those 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.
19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he {is} not.
Cross References
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.
Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. {unjust...: Heb. by increase}
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. {in his...: Heb. before him}