Job 27:16
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
גַּל
gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
חֹמֶר
chômer
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
Key Terms in This Verse
חֹמֶר chômer
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
Study H2563 →גַּל gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
Study H1530 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →Cross References
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick cl...
And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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