Job

Job 27:16–18

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.

18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon,

like a hut set up by a watchman.

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Job 27:16

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Thoughאִם־’im-ConjunctionH518 if
he heaps upיִצְבֹּ֣רyiṣ·bōrVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH6651 heap up
silverכָּ֑סֶףkā·sep̄Noun - masculine singularH3701 silver, money
like dustכֶּעָפָ֣רke·‘ā·p̄ārPreposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singularH6083 dry earth, dust
and piles upיָכִ֥יןyā·ḵînVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH3559 be firm
a wardrobeמַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃mal·būšNoun - masculine singularH4403 raiment, attire
like clayוְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶרwə·ḵa·ḥō·merConjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2563 cement, mortar, clay

Job 27:17

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
what he lays upיָ֭כִיןyā·ḵînVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH3559 be firm
the righteousוְצַדִּ֣יקwə·ṣad·dîqConjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singularH6662 just, righteous
will wearיִלְבָּ֑שׁyil·bāšVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH3847 put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed
and his silverוְ֝כֶ֗סֶףwə·ḵe·sep̄Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH3701 silver, money
will be dividedיַחֲלֹֽק׃ya·ḥă·lōqVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH2505 divide, share
by the innocentנָקִ֥יnā·qîAdjective - masculine singularH5355 clean, free from, exempt

Job 27:18

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
The houseבֵּית֑וֹbê·ṯōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH1004 house
he builtבָּנָ֣הbā·nāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH1129 build
is like a moth’s cocoonכָעָ֣שׁḵā·‘āšPreposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singularH6211 moth
like a hutוּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗הū·ḵə·suk·kāhConjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singularH5521 thicket, booth
set upעָשָׂ֥ה‘ā·śāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH6213 do, make
by a watchmanנֹצֵֽר׃nō·ṣêrVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH5341 watch, guard, keep

Cross-references

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

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

Job 27:18 Job 8:14–15 · Isaiah 1:8 · Isaiah 51:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.