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The Book of Job, Chapter 27, Verse 17

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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
King James Version
He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
American Standard Version
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
New English Translation
what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.
World English Bible
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.
4
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.