Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?
New American Standard Bible
Or all the forces of your strength?
King James Version
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Holman Bible
keep you from distress?
International Standard Version
"Will your wealth sustain you when you're in distress, despite your most powerful efforts?
A Conservative Version
Will thy cry not avail in distress, or all the forces of strength?
American Standard Version
Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy'strength?
Amplified
“Will your wealth [be sufficient to] keep you from [the confinement of] distress,
Or will all the force of your strength do it?
Darby Translation
Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
Julia Smith Translation
Will he value thy riches? not gold and all the powers of thy strength.
King James 2000
Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Will your cry for help sustain [you] without distress, or all [the] efforts of [your] strength?
Modern King James verseion
If your cry for help is set in order, then it will not be in distress, but with all the forces of strength.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hath God ordained then, that the glorious life of thee, and all such mighty men should not be put down?
New Heart English Bible
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
The Emphasized Bible
Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
Webster
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?
Youngs Literal Translation
Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
18 Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. 19 Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts? 20 Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 11:4
Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
Proverbs 11:21
Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.
Job 9:13
God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.
Job 34:20
In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.
Psalm 33:16-17
No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
Isaiah 2:20
At 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,
Isaiah 37:36
The 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!
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither 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 5:3
Your 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!