Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay—

他虽积蓄银子如尘沙，预备衣服如泥土；

他虽积蓄银子如尘沙，堆积衣服如泥土，

他虽积蓄银子如尘沙，堆积衣服如泥土，

尽管他堆积的银子多如尘沙，储存的衣服高若土堆，

他虽然堆积银子如尘沙，预备衣服如泥土，

他雖積蓄銀子如塵沙，預備衣服如泥土；

他雖積蓄銀子如塵沙，堆積衣服如泥土，

他雖積蓄銀子如塵沙，堆積衣服如泥土，

儘管他堆積的銀子多如塵沙，儲存的衣服高若土堆，

他雖然堆積銀子如塵沙，預備衣服如泥土，

他雖堆積銀子如塵土，豫備服裝如摶泥；

彼雖積金如塵、備衣如土、

雖藏金若泥沙、積衣若邱陵、

雖積銀如塵沙、備衣如邱垤、

Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

Sinners might store up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay.

Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,

“ Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.

Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up fine clothing like clay—

Though he piles up silver like dust, And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

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

Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—

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

If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

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

For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

“ Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.

Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

“ Will not all these take up a proverb against him, And a taunting riddle against him, and say,‘ Woe to him who increases What is not his— how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges’?