Job 36:19 “Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?”

Job 36:19

Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

World English Bible

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

American Standard Version

Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wil he regard thy riches? he regardeth not golde, nor all them that excel in strength.

Darby Translation

Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!

Young's Literal Translation

Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

Bible in Basic English

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Cross references

“Will”

Proverbs 11:4 Proverbs 10:2 Isaiah 2:20 Zephaniah 1:18 James 5:3

Proverbs 11:4 · BSB

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Proverbs 10:2 · BSB

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Isaiah 2:20 · BSB

In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.

Zephaniah 1:18 · BSB

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on th…

James 5:3 · BSB

Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

“nor all”

Proverbs 11:21 Job 9:13 Isaiah 37:36 Job 34:20 Psalm 33:16 Psalm 33:17

Proverbs 11:21 · BSB

Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

Job 9:13 · BSB

God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Job 34:20 · BSB

They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

Psalm 33:16 · BSB

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 33:17 · BSB

A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

20Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

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