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16 “Though he hoards silver[a] like dust,
    and stores away garments like clay,
17 whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear,
    and the innocent will inherit that silver!

18 “He has built his house like a moth’s cocoon,[b]
    like a temporary[c] sunshade that a watchman makes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:16 Or money
  2. Job 27:18 The Heb. lacks cocoon
  3. Job 27:18 The Heb. lacks temporary

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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