Job 36:19
Will he esteem thy riches? No! neither thy gold, nor all the abundance of thy wealth.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
In Context
20Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from their place.
Cross References
Job 9:13God will not turn away his anger; The proud helpers are brought low before him.
Psalms 33:16A king is not saved by the number of his forces, Nor a hero by the greatness of his strength.
Proverbs 11:4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Isaiah 2:20At that time shall men cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they have made to worship, To the moles and the bats;
Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah, But by the fire of his indignation shall the whole land be devoured; For destruction, and that a speedy one, will he bring Upon all that dwell in 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 →