16 “Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
17 He may prepare it, (A)but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
18 “He has built his (B)house like the [a]spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:18 So ancient versions; Heb moth

16 Though he heaps up silver like dust(A)
    and clothes like piles of clay,(B)
17 what he lays up(C) the righteous will wear,(D)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.(E)
18 The house(F) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,(G)
    like a hut(H) made by a watchman.

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