Job 27:17
New International Version
what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

New Living Translation
But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money.

English Standard Version
he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

Berean Standard Bible
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

King James Bible
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

New King James Version
He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.

New American Standard Bible
He may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.

NASB 1995
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.

NASB 1977
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.

Legacy Standard Bible
He may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.

Amplified Bible
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.

Christian Standard Bible
he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver.

American Standard Version
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Those will prepare and the righteous one will wear and he will divide their money

Brenton Septuagint Translation
All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.

Contemporary English Version
But God's people will wear clothes taken from them and divide up their riches.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

English Revised Version
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
righteous people will wear what he piles up, and the innocent will divide the silver [among themselves].

Good News Translation
but some good person will wear the clothes, and someone honest will get the silver.

International Standard Version
whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear, and the innocent will inherit that silver!

JPS Tanakh 1917
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

Literal Standard Version
He prepares—and the righteous puts [it] on, | And the innocent apportions the silver.

Majority Standard Bible
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

New American Bible
What he has stored the righteous shall wear, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

NET Bible
what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

New Revised Standard Version
they may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

New Heart English Bible
he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Webster's Bible Translation
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

World English Bible
he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.

Young's Literal Translation
He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

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Context
The Wicked Man's Portion
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.…

Cross References
Job 3:15
or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Job 15:29
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

Job 20:10
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

Job 20:18
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Job 27:16
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is passed to the righteous.

Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.


Treasury of Scripture

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

but the just

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Verse 17. - He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on. The raiment thus accumulated shall pass from the wicked into the hands of the just, who at his death shall enter upon his inheritance (Job 20:18, 20, 28). And the innocent shall divide the silver (see the first clause of ver. 16).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
what he lays up,
יָ֭כִין (yā·ḵîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

the righteous
וְצַדִּ֣יק (wə·ṣad·dîq)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

will wear,
יִלְבָּ֑שׁ (yil·bāš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe

and his silver
וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף (wə·ḵe·sep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

will be divided
יַחֲלֹֽק׃ (ya·ḥă·lōq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

by the innocent.
נָקִ֥י (nā·qî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt


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