Job 27:16–17
Job 27:16–17 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust
and clothes like piles of clay,
17 what he lays up the righteous will wear,
and the innocent will divide his silver.
Job 27:16–17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust,
And prepare raiment as the clay;
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,
And the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job 27:16–17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 “Evil people may have piles of money
and may store away mounds of clothing.
17 But the righteous will wear that clothing,
and the innocent will divide that money.
Job 27:16–17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay—
17 He may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.
Job 27:16–17 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 The wicked may heap up silver like piles of dirt
and have so many clothes they are like piles of clay.
17 But good people will wear what evil people have gathered,
and the innocent will divide up their silver.
Job 27:16–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust,
And prepare raiment as the clay;
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,
And the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job 27:16–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job 27:16–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 Though he collects silver like dust
and piles up clothing like dirt,
17 righteous people will wear what he piles up,
and the innocent will divide the silver
⸤among themselves⸥.
Job 27:16–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 Though he piles up silver like dust
and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—
17 he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide up his silver.
Job 27:16–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 Though they heap up silver like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay—
17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
Job 27:16–17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 If he heaps up silver like the dust
and fashions clothing like the clay,
17 he makes it ready, and the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
Job 27:16–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 Sinners might store up silver like dust
and clothes like piles of clay.
17 But people who do what is right will wear those clothes.
People who haven’t done anything wrong
will divide up that silver.
Job 27:16–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
16 “Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
17 He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.