The Wicked Man’s Portion
Job 27:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
- KJV
- He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- WEB
- he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
- ASV
- He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
- LSV
- He prepares—and the righteous puts [it] on, || And the innocent apportions the silver.
- YLT
- He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
- DBY
- He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- DRC
- He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- GNV
- He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
- JPS
- He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- LXXE
- all these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- יָ֭כִין וְצַדִּ֣יק יִלְבָּ֑שׁ וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף נָקִ֥י יַחֲלֹֽק׃
- LXX-Br
- ταῦτα πάντα δίκαιοι περιποιήσονται, τὰ δὲ χρήματα αὐτοῦ ἀληθινοὶ καθέξουσιν.
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- Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is…
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