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Job 36:19
19Will your wealth [be sufficient to] keep you from [the confinement of] distress, Or will all the force of your strength do it?
Job 36:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
- New International Version (NIV)Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress?
Context of Job 36:19
17“But you [Job] were full of judgment on the wicked, Judgment and justice take hold of you. 18Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing; And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside. Will your wealth [be sufficient to] keep you from [the confinement of] distress, Or will all the force of your strength do it? 20Do not long for the night, When people vanish from their places. 21Take heed and be careful, do not turn to wickedness, For you have chosen this [the vice of complaining against God] rather than [learning from] affliction.
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הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֭וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְצָ֑ר וְ֝כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:19
- Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness and ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness and moral integrity in daily life rescues from death.
- Proverbs 11:4Riches will not provide security in the day of wrath and judgment, But righteousness rescues from death.
- Isaiah 2:20In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves [as objects] to worship,
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to rescue them On the day of the Lord’s indignation and wrath. And the whole earth will be consumed In the fire of His jealous wrath, For He shall make a full and complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.
- James 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure in the last days [when it will do you no good].
- Job 9:13“God will not turn back His anger; The [proud] helpers of Rahab [the arrogant monster of the sea] bow under Him.
- Job 34:20In a moment they die, even at midnight The people are shaken and pass away, And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.
- Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the great size of his army; A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.
- Proverbs 11:21Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be freed.
- Isaiah 37:36And the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the [surviving] men got up early the next morning, they saw all the dead.
Commentaries on Job 36:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Will he esteem thy riches? - That is God will not regard thy riches as a reason why he should not cut you off, or as a ransom for your forfeited life. The reference here must be to the fact that Job “had been” a rich man, and the meaning is, either that God would not spare him because he “had been” a rich man, or that if he had now all the wealth which he once possessed, it would not be sufficient to be a ransom for his life. Nor all the forces of his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest and best have enough in them to deserve his stroke. Let not Job continue his unjust quarrel with God and his providence. And let us never dare to think favourably of sin, never indulge it, nor allow ourselves in it. Elihu thinks Job needed this…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. forces of strength--that is, resources of wealth (Psa 49:7; Pr 11:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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