The Meaning of Job 36:19 Explained

Job 36:19

KJV: Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

YLT: Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

Darby: Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!

ASV: Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy'strength?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Will he esteem  thy riches?  [no], not gold,  nor all the forces  of strength. 

What does Job 36:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 36:1-33 - He Despiseth Not Any
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever. He will stoop to thy low dungeon, whispering instruction to thine ear and commanding thee to return. There are broad places before thee in which there shall be no straitness; tables await thee full of fatness. Thy path leads from thy present prison-house into liberty and light.
Remember the unsearchable numbers of His years. Behold the wonderful machinery by which He collects from ocean, lake, and stream the clouds which, like floating cisterns, carry the waters to be bleached in the snow of the hills, and oxidized in the torrent beds! There is more love than terror in creation. Nature's myriad voices proclaim with Scripture, "God is love." He cannot, therefore, be indifferent to the righteous man or neglect him. He may discipline him to make him hate sin; but, when this end is attained, He will assuredly withdraw His rod, Job 36:10-11. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 36

1  Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16  How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24  God's works are to be magnified

What do the individual words in Job 36:19 mean?

Will Keep you your riches not from distress Or all the forces mighty
הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ ؟ שׁ֭וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְצָ֑ר וְ֝כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי־ כֹֽחַ

הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ  Will  Keep  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָרַךְ  
Sense: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare.
؟ שׁ֭וּעֲךָ  your  riches 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּעַ 
Sense: cry, cry for help, cry out.
בְצָ֑ר  from  distress 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: בֶּצֶר  
Sense: precious ore, gold, ring-gold.
וְ֝כֹ֗ל  Or  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מַאֲמַצֵּי־  the  forces 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מַאֲמָץ  
Sense: strength, force, power.
כֹֽחַ  mighty 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּחַ 
Sense: strength, power, might.