Job 27:15-17

King James Version

¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Job 27:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.^(A)
¹⁶Though he heaps up silver like dust^(B)
    and clothes like piles of clay,^(C)
¹⁷what he lays up^(D) the righteous will wear,^(E)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.^(F)

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Job 27:15-17

New King James Version

¹⁵Those who survive him shall be buried in death,
And ^(A)their^[a] widows shall not weep,
¹⁶Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay—
¹⁷He may pile it up, but ^(B)the just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.

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Footnotes

Job 27:15 Lit. his

Job 27:15-17

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And ^[a]their ^(A)widows will not be able to weep.
¹⁶Though he piles up silver like dust,
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
¹⁷He may prepare it, ^(B)but the righteous will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.

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Footnotes

Job 27:15 As in ancient versions; Heb his

Job 27:15-17

English Standard Version

¹⁵Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
    and his ^(A)widows do not weep.
¹⁶Though he ^(B)heap up silver like dust,
    and pile up clothing like clay,
¹⁷he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
    and ^(C)the innocent will divide the silver.