King James Version
Job 27:17 in the King James Version says “He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.” — study this verse from Job chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.”
Job 27:17 · KJV
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He may prepare”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“shall put it on”
H3847properly, wrap around, i.e., (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
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