Job 27:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
He may prepareיָ֭כִין
(ya·chin)
3559: to be firma prim. root
[it], but the justוְצַדִּ֣יק
(ve·tzad·dik)
6662: just, righteousfrom the same as tsedeq
will wearיִלְבָּ֑שׁ
(yil·bash;)
3847: to put on, wear, clothe, be clotheda prim. root
[it] And the innocentנָקִ֥י
(na·ki)
5355a: clean, free from, exemptfrom naqah
will divideיַחֲלֹֽק׃
(ya·cha·lok.)
2505a: to divide, sharea prim. root
the silver.וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף
(ve·che·sef)
3701: silver, moneyfrom kasaph


















KJV Lexicon
He may prepare
kuwn  (koon)
to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications
it but the just
tsaddiyq  (tsad-deek')
just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).
shall put it on
labash  (law-bash')
wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
and the innocent
naqiy  (naw-kee')
innocent -- blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.
shall divide
chalaq  (khaw-lak')
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
the silver
keceph  (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver.

International Standard Version
whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear, and the innocent will inherit that silver!

NET Bible
what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
righteous people will wear what he piles up, and the innocent will divide the silver [among themselves].

King James 2000 Bible
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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