Job 27:17
“He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall diuide the siluer.”
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Job 27:17 Context
15Those that remaine of him shall bee buried in death: and his widowes shall not weepe. 16Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay: 17He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall diuide the siluer. 18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 19The rich man shall lie downe, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not:
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He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- King James Version
He may prepare {it,} but the just will wear {it} And the innocent will divide the silver.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
- Basic English Bible
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- Darby Bible
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- Webster's Bible
he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- World English Bible
He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible