Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress? New Living Translation Could all your wealth or all your mighty efforts keep you from distress? English Standard Version Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? Berean Standard Bible Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress? King James Bible Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. New King James Version Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress? New American Standard Bible “Will your cry for help keep you from distress, Or all the exertions of your strength? NASB 1995 “Will your riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your strength? NASB 1977 “Will your riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your strength? Legacy Standard Bible Will your cries keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your power? Amplified Bible “Will your wealth [be sufficient to] keep you from [the confinement of] distress, Or will all the force of your strength do it? Christian Standard Bible Can your wealth or all your physical exertion keep you from distress? Holman Christian Standard Bible Can your wealth or all your physical exertion keep you from distress? American Standard Version Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength? Contemporary English Version Your reputation and riches cannot protect you from distress, English Revised Version Will thy riches suffice, that thou be not in distress, or all the forces of thy strength? GOD'S WORD® Translation Will your riches save you from having to suffer? Will all your mighty strength help you? Good News Translation It will do you no good to cry out for help; all your strength can't help you now. International Standard Version "Will your wealth sustain you when you're in distress, despite your most powerful efforts? Majority Standard Bible Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress? NET Bible Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts? New Heart English Bible Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength? Webster's Bible Translation 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? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionDoes He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power. Young's Literal Translation Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power. Smith's Literal Translation Will he value thy riches? not gold and all the powers of thy strength. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. Catholic Public Domain Version Lay down your greatness without distress, and put aside all of your power with courage. New American Bible Will your wealth equip you against distress, or all your exertions of strength? New Revised Standard Version Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or will all the force of your strength? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe shall join you, that he may deliver you; you shall not be distressed by any of those who are mighty in power. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He will be joined to you that he may save you, that you will not be distressed by any mighty in power OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, Or all the forces of thy strength? Brenton Septuagint Translation Let not thy mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power…18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray. 19Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress? 20Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.… Cross References Proverbs 11:4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. Zephaniah 1:18 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 the earth. Ezekiel 7:19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity. Psalm 49:6-7 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. / No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. Proverbs 10:2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. Matthew 16:26 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Mark 8:36-37 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? / Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Luke 12:20-21 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.” 1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. James 5:1-3 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / 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. Proverbs 11:28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage. Psalm 62:10 Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. Isaiah 2:20-21 In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship. / They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. Jeremiah 9:23-24 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. / But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. Will Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. Proverbs 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. Isaiah 2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; nor all Job 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. Job 34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. Psalm 33:16,17 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength… Jump to Previous Avail Cry Distress Efforts Esteem Force Forces Gold Mighty Power Resources Riches Strength Sustain Value WealthJump to Next Avail Cry Distress Efforts Esteem Force Forces Gold Mighty Power Resources Riches Strength Sustain Value WealthJob 36 1. Elihu shows how God is just in his ways16. How Job's sins hinder God's blessings 24. God's works are to be magnified Can your wealth The Hebrew word for "wealth" here is "עָשֶׁר" (osher), which signifies riches or material abundance. In the context of Job, this phrase challenges the notion that material possessions can provide ultimate security or deliverance from life's trials. Historically, wealth was often seen as a sign of God's favor, yet the Book of Job subverts this idea by illustrating that righteousness and divine favor are not always linked to material prosperity. This serves as a reminder that spiritual wealth and integrity hold greater value in the eyes of God. or all your mighty efforts keep you from distress? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Can your wealthשׁ֭וּעֲךָ (šū·‘ă·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7769: A cry for help or all וְ֝כֹ֗ל (wə·ḵōl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every your mighty effort מַאֲמַצֵּי־ (ma·’ă·maṣ·ṣê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3981: Power, strength, force keep הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ (hă·ya·‘ă·rōḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order you from לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no distress? בְצָ֑ר (ḇə·ṣār) Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1222: Gold Links Job 36:19 NIVJob 36:19 NLT Job 36:19 ESV Job 36:19 NASB Job 36:19 KJV Job 36:19 BibleApps.com Job 36:19 Biblia Paralela Job 36:19 Chinese Bible Job 36:19 French Bible Job 36:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 36:19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress (Jb) |
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