Job 27:17

“He may prepare [it], etc.] 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: but the just shall put [it] on; the wicked man will either have no heart, or have no time, to wear it, at least to wear it out, and so a just man shall have it, as the Israelites put on the raiment of the Egyptians, which they begged or borrowed, and spoiled them of, (<021235>Exodus 12:35); and oftentimes so it is in Providence, that the wealth of wicked men is by one means or another transferred into the families of good men, who enjoy it, and make a better use of it, (<201322>Proverbs 13:22);…”

“Introverted parallelism. (See Introduction). Of the four clauses in the two verses, one answers to four, two to three (so Mat 7:6).”

“The just shall put it on - The righteous shall wear it. It shall pass out of the hands of him who prepared it, into the hands of others. The meaning is, that the wicked, though they become rich, would not live to enjoy their ill-gotten gains. These two verses contain a beautiful illustration of what Dr. Jebb calls the introverted parallelism - where the fourth member answers to the first, and the third to the second: “Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay, The just shall put it (raiment) on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.” A similar instance occurs in Matthew 7:6 : “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, Neither cast ye your pearls before swine,…”

“but the just: Pro 13:22, Pro 28:8; Ecc 2:26 Job 27:18”