Job 27:16
Cross References

If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

Job 3:15
Or with princes, that possess gold, and fill their houses with silver:

Job 15:29
He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.

Job 20:10
His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render to him his sorrow.

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

Job 27:17
He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Proverbs 13:22
The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.

Zephaniah 1:11
Howl, ye inhabitants of the Morter. All the people of Chanaan is hush, all are cut off that were wrapped up in silver.

Zechariah 9:3
And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.

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If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

heap up

Job 22:24 He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.

1 Kings 10:27 And he made silver to be as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars to be as common as sycamores which grow in the plains.

Habakkuk 2:6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay?

Zechariah 9:3 And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.

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 to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.

James 5:2 Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.

Context
The Wicked Man's Portion
15They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep. 16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,17He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.…
Lexicon
Though
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

he heaps up
יִצְבֹּ֣ר (yiṣ·bōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6651: To aggregate

silver
כָּ֑סֶף (kā·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

like dust
כֶּעָפָ֣ר (ke·‘ā·p̄ār)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

and piles up
יָכִ֥ין (yā·ḵîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect

a wardrobe
מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃ (mal·būš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4403: A garment, clothing

like clay,
וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר (wə·ḵa·ḥō·mer)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure


Additional Translations
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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

Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

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

Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay?

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
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