He prepares it, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver, establishing that the wicked's accumulated wealth will be transferred to the righteous, that the wicked's gain becomes the righteous person's inheritance. The assertion that the just will wear the wicked's raiment and divide the wicked's silver inverts the apparent order: the righteous ultimately dispossess the wicked, taking possession of what the wicked accumulated. This transfer of wealth embodies the fundamental reversal of fortune that Job's theology promises: the wicked's apparent advantage proves illusory, while the righteous person's apparent deprivation precedes restoration. The division of silver among the innocent suggests that God orchestrates a redistribution that restores justice.

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