the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Job 36:19
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Could all your wealth or all your mighty efforts keep you from distress?
Will thy riches suffice, that thou be not in distress, or all the forces of thy strength?
Will your cry avail, [that you are] not in distress, Or all the forces of [your] strength?
Neither your wealth nor all your great strength will keep you out of trouble.
Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?
Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?
"Will your wealth [be sufficient to] keep you from [the confinement of] distress, Or will all the force of your strength do it?
Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
Putte doun thi greetnesse with out tribulacioun, and putte doun alle stronge men bi strengthe.
Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
Your reputation and riches cannot protect you from distress,
Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength?
Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English.
Will your great wealth help you? or all your efforts, no matter how strong?
Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
Do you think your wealth will keep you out of trouble? Will your great strength be of any help to you now?
Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?
Will he esteeme thy riches? no not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Will your riches or all your power keep you from trouble?
Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or will all the force of your strength?
Wil he regard thy riches? he regardeth not golde, nor all them that excel in strength.
He shall join you, that he may deliver you; you shall not be distressed by any of those who are mighty in power.
It will do you no good to cry out for help; all your strength can't help you now.
Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.
Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
Thinkest thou that he wyll regarde thy riches? he shall not care for golde, nor for all them that excell in strength.
Let not thy mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
Can your wealth or all your physical exertionkeep you from distress?
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?
Will your cry for help sustain you without distress, or all the efforts of your strength?
If your cry for help is set in order, then it will not be in gold, but with all the strong forces.
Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
Hath God ordened then, that the glorious life off the & all soch mightie men shulde not be put downe?
"Will your cry for help keep you from distress, Or all the exertions of your strength?
Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress?
"Will your riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your strength?
Will your cries keep you from distress,Or all the forces of your power?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Will: Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 11:4, Isaiah 2:20, Zephaniah 1:18, James 5:3
nor all: Job 9:13, Job 34:20, Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:17, Proverbs 11:21, Isaiah 37:36
Reciprocal: Job 34:19 - regardeth Psalms 49:8 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength. Riches can be of no account, nor bear any weight with God; for they are of him and come from him, and what he has a right to take away and dispose of as he pleases. These cannot ward off the stroke of death, or secure from it; nor can a man possessed of them carry them with him into the other world; nor will they profit in the day of wrath. Mr. Broughton renders it, "will he esteem thy nobleness?" so Junius and Tremellius; thy noble birth, rank and station, thou hast had among men? Not at all. God is no respecter of persons; he regards not the noble and the rich more than the poor: and as for gold, the same may be said of that, which, though the most valuable among men, is of no esteem with God; and besides it is his: "the gold is mine", says he, "and the silver is mine", Haggai 2:8. Nor is death to be bribed with it, or put off by it; nor is a "munition" z fortress or castle, as some render the word, any defence against it: "nor all the forces of strength". Had a man at his command ever such numerous and powerful armies, they could not protect him from the stroke of death, or deliver him from eternal punishment, the demerit of sin. Though as Job had no riches, no gold, nor troops of soldiers about him; nor was there any great likelihood that this would be his case at death; I should think the words might be better rendered, "will he regard thy cry? no, not in distress; not even the most strong and forcible" cries or entreaties: when the stroke of death is given, the sentence of wrath is passed, and eternal destruction takes place; weeping and wailing will signify nothing: the cries and howlings of the damned in hell are of no avail; their strong cryings, and most intense and earnest entreaties, will have no effect on the Lord; though he is a God of great pity and compassion, and has sympathy with his people in distress, and in all their afflictions is afflicted; yet will have no regard to cries and tears, when the decree is gone forth and carried into execution: the verb from whence the first word is derived is used for "crying" in this chapter, Job 36:13; and the Targum renders it here by supplication and petition; so some other Jewish writers a interpret it of crying: and the second word is by several rendered "in straits" b and distress; and Cocceius has observed the notion of intense and fervent prayer in the third, and renders the whole pretty near to what has been observed c.
z לא בצר "non munitionem", Tigurine version. a Vid. Aben Ezra, Bar Tzemach, Sephorno. b "In angustia", Mercerus, Drusius, Piscator; "in arcto", Cocceius, Schultens. c "Num aequalis esset imploration tua non in arcto et omnes contentiones virium", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Will he esteem thy riches? - That is God will not regard thy riches as a reason why he should not cut you off, or as a ransom for your forfeited life. The reference here must be to the fact that Job “had been” a rich man, and the meaning is, either that God would not spare him because he “had been” a rich man, or that if he had now all the wealth which he once possessed, it would not be sufficient to be a ransom for his life.
Nor all the forces of his strength - Not all that gives power and influence to a man - wealth, age, wisdom, reputation, authority, and rank. The meaning is, that God would not regard any of these when a man was rebellious in affliction, and refused in a proper manner to acknowledge his Maker. Of the truth of what is here affirmed, there can be no doubt. Riches, rank, and honors cannot redeem the life of a man. They do not save him from the grave, and from all that is gloomy and revolting there. When God comes forth to deal with mankind, he does not regard their gold, their rank, their splendid robes or palaces, but he deals with them as “men” - and the “happy,” the beautiful, the rich, the noble, moulder back, under his hand, to their native dust in the same manner as the most humble peasant. How forcibly should this teach us not to set our hearts on wealth, and not to seek the honors and wealth of the world as our portion!
