The Meaning of Job 27:17 Explained

Job 27:17

KJV: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

YLT: He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

Darby: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.

ASV: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

Discover Job 27:17

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 27:17?

MEANING: What does Job 27:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 27:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 27:17?

What is the context of Job 27:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

What does Job 27:17 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 27:17 mean?

He may pile [it] up but the just will wear [it] and the silver the innocent will divide

יָ֭כִין וְצַדִּ֣יק יִלְבָּ֑שׁ וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף נָקִ֥י יַחֲלֹֽק

יָ֭כִין	He may pile [it] up
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: כּוּן Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
וְצַדִּ֣יק	but the just
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine singular Root: צַדִּיק Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
יִלְבָּ֑שׁ	will wear [it]
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: לָבַשׁ Sense: to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed.
וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף	and the silver
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: כֶּסֶף Sense: silver, money.
נָקִ֥י	the innocent
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: נָקִי Sense: clean, free from, exempt, clear, innocent.
יַחֲלֹֽק	will divide
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: חָלַק Sense: to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign.

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