JOB 27:16 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐὰν συναγάγῃ ὥσπερ γῆν ἀργύριον, ἶσα δὲ πηλῷ ἑτοιμάσῃ χρυσίον,
(Ean sunagagaʸ hōsper gaʸn argurion, isa de paʸlōi hetoimasaʸ ⱪrusion, )

ULT If he heaps up silver like the dust
⇔ and he piles up clothing like clay mounds,

UST Sometimes evil people accumulate a large amount of money
⇔ and they acquire many valuable articles of clothing.

BSB Though he heaps up silver like dust
⇔ and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

OEB Though silver he heap up like dust,
⇔ And prepare (costly) raiment like clay,

WEBBE Though he heap up silver as the dust,
⇔ and prepare clothing as the clay;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If he piles up silver like dust
⇔ and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

LSV If he heaps up silver as dust,
And prepares clothing as clay,

FBV Even though they pile up silver like dust, and clothes like heaps of clay,

T4T Sometimes wicked people accumulate a huge amount [SIM] of silver
⇔ and pile up clothes like [SIM] those clothes were a pile of clay,

LEB • and fashions clothing like the clay,

BBE Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;

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

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

DRA If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

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

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

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

Wbstr Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay?

KJB-1769 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

KJB-1611 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:
(Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:)

Bshps Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:
(Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:)

Gnva Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
(Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay, )

Cvdl Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, & raymet as ready as the claye,
(Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raymet as ready as the clay,)

Wycl If he gaderith togidere siluer as erthe, and makith redi clothis as cley;
(If he gaderith together silver as earth, and makith ready clothes as cley;)

Luth Wenn er Geld zusammenbringet wie Erde und sammelt Kleider wie Leimen,
(When he money zusammenbringet like earth and sammelt clothes like Leimen,)

ClVg Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum præparaverit vestimenta:[fn]
(When/But_if comportaverit as_if the_earth/land argentum, and like lutum præparaverit clothes: )

27.16 Si comportaverit. Ibid. Argentum, id est eloquium hæreticorum, etc., usque ad sacræ Scripturæ contexunt testimonia.

27.16 When/But_if comportaverit. Ibid. Argentum, id it_is eloquium hæreticorum, etc., until to sacræ Scripturæ contexunt testimonia.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

יִצְבֹּ֣ר כֶּ⁠עָפָ֣ר כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝⁠כַ⁠חֹ֗מֶר יָכִ֥ין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ

heaps_up like_the,dust silver and,like_the,clay pile_up clothing

The point of this comparison is that just as dust is abundant and clay mounds contain great quantities of clay, so a wicked person might acquire silver in abundance and clothing in great quantities. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly in your translation. Alternate translation: “a wicked person acquires an abundant amount of silver and great quantities of clothing”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

כָּ֑סֶף

silver

Job is using one valuable commodity, silver, to represent wealth in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “wealth”

Parallel JOB 27:16