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16 Though they heap up silver like dust
    and pile up clothing like clay,(A)

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16 Though he heaps up silver like dust(A)
    and clothes like piles of clay,(B)

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17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
    and the innocent will divide the silver.(A)

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17 what he lays up(A) the righteous will wear,(B)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.(C)

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But truly it is the spirit in a mortal,
    the breath of the Almighty[a] that makes for understanding.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 32.8 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

But it is the spirit[a](A) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,(B) that gives them understanding.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18

14 I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.(A)

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14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

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