Job 27:1

A Protest of Innocence

27:1 And Job took up his discourse again: ¹ 

Job 27:16

27:16 If he piles up silver like dust

and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

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¹ tn The Hebrew word מָשָׁל (mashal) is characteristically “proverb; by-word.” It normally refers to a brief saying, but can be used for a discourse (see A. R. Johnson, “MasŒal,” VTSup 3 [1955]: 162ff.).