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Job 27

Job 27:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Though he heap up
tsabar (Hebrew #6651)
to aggregate
KJV usage: gather (together), heap (up), lay up.
Pronounce: tsaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
as the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
, and prepare
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
raiment
malbuwsh (Hebrew #4403)
from 3847; a garment, or (collectively) clothing
KJV usage: apparel, raiment, vestment.
Pronounce: mal-boosh'
Origin: or malbush {mal-boosh'}
as the clay
chomer (Hebrew #2563)
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
KJV usage: clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
Pronounce: kho'mer
Origin: from 2560
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Cross References

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heap up.
Job 22:24• 24And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents, (Job 22:24)
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1 Kings 10:27• 27And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance. (1 Kings 10:27)
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Hab. 2:6• 6Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?--and to him that loadeth himself with pledges! (Hab. 2:6)
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Zech. 9:3• 3And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. (Zech. 9:3)
prepare raiment.D'Herbelot tells us, that Bokhten, an illustrious poet of Cufah, in the 9th century, had so many presents made him, that at his death he was found possessed of 100 suits of clothes, 200 shirts, and 500 turbans.
Matt. 6:19• 19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal; (Matt. 6:19)
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James 5:2• 2Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten. (James 5:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;