Job 27:17

Q: What does Job 27:17 say?

Job 27:17 (King James Version) reads: "He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver."

Q: Is Job 27:17 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 27:17 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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

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he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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

27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

What does Job 27:17 mean?

Job 27:17 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כּוּן (kûwn), צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq), לָבַשׁ (lâbash). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

may

prepareכּוּןkûwn/koon/H3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)

it,

but

the

justצַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/H6662just

shall

put

on,לָבַשׁlâbash/law-bash'/H3847properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

and

the

innocentנָקִיnâqîy/naw-kee'/H5355innocent

shall

divideחָלַקchâlaq/khaw-lak'/H2505to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate

the

silver.כֶּסֶףkeçeph/keh'-sef/H3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

Commentary on Job 27:17

HENRY_FULL · Job 27:17

notice of it, and therefore Zophar here takes his turn, enters the lists with Job, and attacks him with as much vehemence as before. I. His preface is short, but hot, ver. 2, 3 . II. His discourse is long, and all upon one subject, the very same that Bildad was large upon ( ch. xviii. ), the certain misery of wicked people and the ruin that awaits them. 1. He asserts, in general, that the prosperity of a wicked person is short, and his ruin sure, ver. 4-9 . 2. He proves the misery of his condition by many instances—that he should have a diseased body, a troubled conscience, a ruined estate, a beggared family, an infamous name and that he himself should perish under the weight of divine wrath: all this is most curiously described here in lofty expressions and lively similitudes; and it often proves true in this world, and always in another, without repentance, ver. 10-29 . But the great mistake was, and (as bishop Patrick expresses it) all the flaw in his discourse (which was common to him with the rest), that he imagined God never varied from this method, and therefore Job was, without doubt, a very bad man, though it did not appear that he was, any other way than by his infelicity. Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. <

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 4:2

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? to: Heb. a word withhold: Heb. refrain from words?

Job 13:19

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

Job 27:3

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; the spirit: that is, the breath which God gave him

Job 32:13

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

Psalms 31:22

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Psalms 39:2

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. stirred: Heb. troubled

Psalms 39:3

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. hasty: Heb. short of spirit

Proverbs 29:20

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. words: or, matters?

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Jeremiah 20:9

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

Mark 6:25

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

Romans 10:2

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 27:17.

Exodus 23:7

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Job 22:19

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Frequently asked questions

What does Job 27:17 say?

Job 27:17 (King James Version) reads: "He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver."

Is Job 27:17 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 27:17 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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