Parallel Verses

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.

Holman Bible

Can your wealth or all your physical exertion
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?

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
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 entices you by riches. Do not let a large bribe turn you aside. 19 “Will your riches keep you from distress,
Or all the forces of your strength?
20 Do not desire the night, to drag people away from their homes.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath. Righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:21

Hand in hand united, the wicked shall not be unpunished; but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

Job 9:13

God will not withdraw his anger. The allies of the proud lie thrown down beneath him.

Job 34:20

They die suddenly in the middle of the night. People have seizures and pass away. Mighty people are taken away but not by human hands.

Psalm 33:16-17

A mighty army does not save the king. A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness (the morally wrong) profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

Isaiah 2:20

That day people will throw their silver and gold idols, that they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and the bats.

Isaiah 37:36

The angel of Jehovah put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. The people got up the next morning and saw all the dead bodies!

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the Day of Jehovah's anger (rage) (wrath). He will devour all the nations by the fire of his zeal! He will exterminate all the inhabitants of the earth!

James 5:3

Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days.

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