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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:15 Lit. his

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

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