Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Can your wealth or all your physical exertion
keep you from distress?

New American Standard Bible

“Will your riches keep you from distress,
Or all the forces of your strength?

King James Version

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

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?

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?

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Will he esteem
ערך 
`arak 
Usage: 76

שׁוּע 
Shuwa` 
Usage: 2

no, not gold
בּצר 
B@tsar 
Usage: 1

nor all the forces
מאמץ 
Ma'amats 
Usage: 1

References

Easton

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches;
do not let a large ransom lead you astray.
19 Can your wealth or all your physical exertion
keep you from distress?
20 Do not long for the night
when nations will disappear from their places.



Cross References

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Proverbs 11:21

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

Job 9:13

God does not hold back His anger;
Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!

Job 34:20

They die suddenly in the middle of the night;
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.

Psalm 33:16-17

A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Isaiah 2:20

On that day people will throw
their silver and gold idols,
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.

Isaiah 37:36

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

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and their gold
will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy.
For He will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.

James 5:3

Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days!

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