Job

Job 27:16–17

¹⁶Though he heaps up silver like dust

and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

¹⁷what he lays up, the righteous will wear,

and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Though	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
he heaps up	יִצְבֹּ֣ר	yiṣ·bōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6651 heap up
silver	כָּ֑סֶף	kā·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
like dust	כֶּעָפָ֣ר	ke·‘ā·p̄ār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust
and piles up	יָכִ֥ין	yā·ḵîn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3559 be firm
a wardrobe	מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃	mal·būš	Noun - masculine singular	H4403 raiment, attire
like clay	וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר	wə·ḵa·ḥō·mer	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2563 cement, mortar, clay

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
what he lays up	יָ֭כִין	yā·ḵîn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3559 be firm
the righteous	וְצַדִּ֣יק	wə·ṣad·dîq	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H6662 just, righteous
will wear	יִלְבָּ֑שׁ	yil·bāš	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3847 put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed
and his silver	וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף	wə·ḵe·sep̄	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
will be divided	יַחֲלֹֽק׃	ya·ḥă·lōq	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2505 divide, share
by the innocent	נָקִ֥י	nā·qî	Adjective - masculine singular	H5355 clean, free from, exempt

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 27:16 Zechariah 9:3 · Matthew 6:19

Job 27:17 Proverbs 13:22 · Ecclesiastes 2:26 · Proverbs 28:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.