Job 27:16

He may prepare it,.... Raiment; beginning with that first which was mentioned last, which is frequent in the Hebrew and eastern languages; such things may be done, and often are, by wicked men:

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Though he heap up silver as the dust - That is, in great quantities - as plenty as dust; compare 1Ki 10:27, “And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones.” And prepare raiment - Oriental…

Job's friends had seen a great deal of the misery and destruction that attend wicked people, especially oppressors; and Job, while the heat of disputation lasted, had said as much, and with as much…

The "dust" and "clay" or mireare images that express extreme abundance, Zec 9:3; 1Ki 10:27. Great wardrobes of costly garments are a usual element of Oriental wealth, Gen 24:53; Jos 7:21; 2Ki 7:8; Mat…