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Job 27:16

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heap up: Job 22:24; 1 Kings 10:27; Habakkuk 2:6; Zechariah 9:3

prepare raiment: D'Herbelot tells us, that Bokhten, an illustrious poet of Cufah, in the 9th century, had so many presents made him, that at his death he was found possessed of 100 suits of clothes, 200 shirts, and 500 turbans. Matthew 6:19; James 5:2

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