Job 27:16

"Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation."

Key Reflection

In Job 27:16, the verse suggests a dire fate where even those connected to the deceased—such as his surviving family or property—are left unattended and forgotten after death, emphasizing a complete abandonment in both life and beyond. This underscores the severity of one's actions and their lasting impact on all who are associated with them.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Though he heap up silver as the dust -That is, in great quantities - as plenty as dust; compare1 Kings 10:27, “And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones.” And prepare raiment -Oriental wealth consisted much in changes of raiment. Sir John Chardin says that in the East it is common to gather together immense quantities of furniture and clothes. According to D’Herbelot, Bokteri, an illustrious poet; of Cufah in the ninth century, had so many presents made him in the course of his life, that when he died he was found possessed of an hundred complete suits of clothes, two hundred shirts, and five hundred turbans. compareEzra 2:69, andNehemiah 7:70see Bochart IIieroz. P. II. Lib. iv.

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