Job 27:17 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
English ASV
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
English Amplified
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
English EASY 2024
But one day righteous people will wear those clothes. Honest people will share the silver among themselves.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
But their piles of clothes will be worn by those who have lived right. All that silver will be given to those who have done no wrong.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
but some good person will wear the clothes, and someone honest will get the silver.
English God's Word - GW 1995
righteous people will wear what he piles up, and the innocent will divide the silver {among themselves}.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
he may heap [it] up, but the righteous will wear [it], and the innocent will divide up his silver.
English KJV 1611
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
English LSB
He may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
What he has stored the just man shall wear, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
But people who do what is right will wear those clothes. People who haven't done anything wrong will divide up that silver.
English NIV
what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
English NKJ 1982
He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.
English NLT
But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide all that money.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
they may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
yes, he may order them made by his tailor, but the innocent shall wear that clothing and shall divide his silver among them.
English Tyndale 1537
he may well prepare it: but the godly shall put it upon him, and the innocent shall deal out the money.