Job 27:16
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
In other translations
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Zechariah 9:3And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
- Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- James 5:2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
- Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
- Job 22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
- 1 Kings 10:27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
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