New English Translation
Job 36:19
19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?
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 now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you. 18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts? 20Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes. 21Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by 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 gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
- Proverbs 11:4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
- Isaiah 2:20At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
- James 5:3Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!
- Job 9:13God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.
- Job 34:20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.
- Psalms 33:16No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.
- Proverbs 11:21Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.
- Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
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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