Catholic Public Domain Version
"If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay, "
— Job 27:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;”
“Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; ”
“Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;”
“If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,”
“If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,”
“Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;”
“Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;”
This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.