Job 36:19

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

17But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee]. 18Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee. Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength! 20Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place. 21Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Job 36:19 word by word

הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֭וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְצָ֑ר וְ֝כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃Read the interlinear

• strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581

Cross-references for Job 36:19

• Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Proverbs 11:4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Isaiah 2:20In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made [each] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
• Zephaniah 1:18their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden [end], shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.
• James 5:3Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in [the] last days.
• Job 9:13God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
• Job 34:20In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.
• Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of [his] forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
• Proverbs 11:21Hand for hand! an evil [man] shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
• Isaiah 37:36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.

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

Topics related to Job 36:19

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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