Job 36:19
Let not thy mind willingly turn thee aside 1 From the petition of the feeble that are in distress. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
In Context
20And draw not forth all the mighty men by night, 1 So that the people should go up instead of them. 1
Cross References
Job 9:13For if he has turned away his anger, 1 The whales under heaven have stooped under him. 1
Psalms 33:16The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 1 And his ears are open to their prayer: 1
Isaiah 2:20For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats;
Zephaniah 1:18And their silver and their gold shall in nowise be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land.
Matthew Henry on Job 36:16-24
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all… Read the whole commentary →