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Job 36:19
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
Job 36:19 · World English Bible
Job 36:19 in other translations
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
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In context
16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
20 Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21 Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
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