Job 36:19

17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

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

20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
KJV
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
WEB
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
ASV
Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
DARBY
Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
BLB
Can your opulence make arrangement in time of distress, or all the forces of strength?
ÅB
Kan vel ditt skrik fri deg ut av trengsel, og kan vel alt ditt strev og slit utrette det?
OTB
Vil din rikdom eller din styrkes anstrengelse holde deg fra nød?
B1930
Kan vel ditt skrik fri dig ut av trengsel, og kan vel alt ditt strev og slit utrette det?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 11:4

    Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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  • Proverbs 11:21

    Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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  • Job 9:13

    If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

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  • James 5:3

    Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

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  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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  • Psalms 33:16–17

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

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  • Zephaniah 1:18

    Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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  • Proverbs 10:2

    Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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