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Job 27:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Job 27:16

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14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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

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

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From This Chapter

Job 27:1

"Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,"

Job 27:2

"As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;"

Job 27:3

"All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;"

Job 27:4

"My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit."

Job 27:5

"God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me."

Job 27:6

"My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live."

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