The Meaning of Job 27:16 Explained

Job 27:16

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

YLT: If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

Darby: Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

ASV: Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 27:16?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 27:16 mean?

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What is the context of Job 27:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 27:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 27:1-23 - The Justice Of God

Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews his protestations of integrity, Job 27:1-10. He denies the charge of being ungodly, and says that till he dies he will not put away his integrity. He refuses to justify the accusations of his friends, and demands that they who had spoken against him should suffer the punishments which they had suggested as his due, Job 27:7. The falsity of their charges was surely evidenced by the fact that he could still delight in the Almighty and call upon His name, Job 27:10.

Then he speaks of the portion of the wicked, Job 27:11-23. Zophar and the rest could hardly have spoken more strongly. Though Job denied the application to himself, he was willing to admit the general truth of these propositions. Through what marvelous alternations the mind of man passes-now on the crest of the wave and again in the trough; arguing, debating, questioning; now antagonizing a position, and then almost accepting it! But be of good cheer! "At eventide it shall be light!" "I have been within the gates," said one brave explorer, "and there is no dark valley." [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 27

¹ Job protests his sincerity
⁸ The hypocrite is without hope
¹¹ The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses

What do the individual words in Job 27:16 mean?

Though he heaps up like dust silver and like clay piles up clothing

אִם־ יִצְבֹּ֣ר כֶּעָפָ֣ר כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר יָכִ֥ין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ

אִם־	Though
Parse: Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if.
יִצְבֹּ֣ר	he heaps up
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: צָבַר Sense: (Qal) to heap up, pile up.
כֶּעָפָ֣ר	like dust
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עָפָר Sense: dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish.
כָּ֑סֶף	silver
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כֶּסֶף Sense: silver, money.
וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר	and like clay
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חֹמֶר Sense: cement, mortar, clay.
יָכִ֥ין	piles up
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: כּוּן Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
מַלְבּֽוּשׁ	clothing
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מַלְבּוּשׁ Sense: clothing, apparel, vestments, raiment, attire.

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