Job 27:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 9:3 : 3 And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 `Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
  • Jas 5:2 : 2 your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
  • 1 Kgs 10:27 : 27 And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that `are' in the low country, for abundance.
  • Job 22:24 : 24 So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo `to' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 27:17-20
    4 verses
    86%

    17He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth `it' on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

    18He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

    19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

    20Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

  • Job 27:15
    76%

    15His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

  • Job 22:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

    25And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver `is' strength to thee.

  • Hab 2:6
    72%

    6Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo `to' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

  • Job 15:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.

    29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

  • Job 3:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

    15Or with princes -- they have gold, They are filling their houses `with' silver.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

  • Job 38:38
    70%

    38In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

  • Job 38:14
    70%

    14It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

  • Job 20:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.

    11His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

  • Ezek 7:19
    69%

    19Their silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.

  • Job 36:19
    69%

    19Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

  • Job 28:1
    69%

    1Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

  • Jer 10:9
    69%

    9Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple `is' their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them.

  • Job 21:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

    33Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

  • Job 21:26
    69%

    26Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

  • Prov 25:4
    69%

    4Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,

  • Job 16:15
    69%

    15Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

  • Prov 27:21
    69%

    21A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

  • Prov 13:7
    68%

    7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.

  • Job 28:6
    68%

    6A place of the sapphire `are' its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

  • Job 30:19
    68%

    19Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

    10Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.

  • Job 20:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

    27Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.

  • Job 4:19
    68%

    19Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation `is' in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

  • Jer 17:11
    68%

    11A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, `Is' one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

  • Jas 5:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;

    3your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!

  • Job 13:12
    68%

    12Your remembrances `are' similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

  • Eccl 5:14
    68%

    14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

  • Job 41:27
    67%

    27He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.

  • Lam 3:29
    67%

    29He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.

  • Deut 32:34
    67%

    34Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?

  • Luke 12:21
    67%

    21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

  • Job 30:24
    67%

    24Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.

  • Isa 46:6
    67%

    6-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.

  • Job 24:23
    67%

    23He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes `are' on their ways.

  • Zech 9:3
    67%

    3And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.

  • Job 20:18
    67%

    18He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.

  • 2 Chr 32:27
    67%

    27And Hezekiah hath riches and honour very much, and treasures he hath made to himself of silver, and of gold, and of precious stone, and of spices, and of shields, and of all `kinds' of desirable vessels,