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The Book of Job, Chapter 27, Verse 16

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15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
King James Version
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
American Standard Version
Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
New English Translation
If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
World English Bible
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
17
He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
20
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22
For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23
[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
1
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].
2
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone.
3
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.