Job 27:16-18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Prepare raiment as the clay In great abundance. But the just shall put it on Either because it shall be given to him by the magistrate, to recompense him for those injuries which he had received from the oppressor; or because the right of it is, in some other way, transferred upon him by divine providence. He buildeth his house as a moth Which settleth itself in a garment, but is quickly and unexpectedly dispossessed of its dwelling, and crushed to death. And as a booth, &c. Which the keeper of a garden or vineyard suddenly rears up in fruit-time, and as quickly pulls down again.

Job 27:16-18

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

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

18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.