Verse 19
Job 36:19
New Living Translation
19
Could all your wealth<br>or all your mighty efforts<br>keep you from distress?<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/יַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֭וּעֲ/ךָ לֹ֣א בְ/צָ֑ר וְ֝/כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי כֹֽחַ
English Translation
Will your shout not be in haste, and all the efforts of strength?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 36 Context
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Elihu continued speaking:
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“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.<br>For I have not finished defending God (Elohim)!<br>
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I will present profound arguments<br>for the righteousness of my Creator.<br>
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I am telling you nothing but the truth,<br>for I am a man of great knowledge.<br>
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“God (Elohim) is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!<br>He is mighty in both power and understan...
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He does not let the wicked live<br>but gives justice to the afflicted.<br>
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He never takes his eyes off the innocent,<br>but he sets them on thrones with kings<br>and exalts th...
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If they are bound in chains<br>and caught up in a web of trouble,<br>
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he shows them the reason.<br>He shows them their sins of pride.<br>
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He gets their attention<br>and commands that they turn from evil.<br>
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“If they listen and obey God (Elohim),<br>they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their live...
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But if they refuse to listen to him,<br>they will cross over the river of death,<br>dying from lack...
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For the godless are full of resentment.<br>Even when he punishes them,<br>they refuse to cry out to...
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They die when they are young,<br>after wasting their lives in immoral living.<br>
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But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.<br>For he gets their attention through...
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“God (Elohim) is leading you away from danger, Job,<br>to a place free from distress.<br>He is setti...
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But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.<br>Don’t worry, judgment and justice w...
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But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth.<br>Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.<br>
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Could all your wealth<br>or all your mighty efforts<br>keep you from distress?<br>
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Do not long for the cover of night,<br>for that is when people will be destroyed.<br>
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Be on guard! Turn back from evil,<br>for God (Elohim) sent this suffering<br>to keep you from a life...
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“Look, God (Elohim) is all-powerful.<br>Who is a teacher like him?<br>
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No one can tell him what to do,<br>or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’<br>
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Instead, glorify his mighty works,<br>singing songs of praise.<br>
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Everyone has seen these things,<br>though only from a distance.<br>
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“Look, God (Elohim) is greater than we can understand.<br>His years cannot be counted.<br>
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He draws up the water vapor<br>and then distills it into rain.<br>
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The rain pours down from the clouds,<br>and everyone benefits.<br>
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Who can understand the spreading of the clouds<br>and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?<br>
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See how he spreads the lightning around him<br>and how it lights up the depths of the sea.<br>
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By these mighty acts he nourishes the people,<br>giving them food in abundance.<br>
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He fills his hands with lightning bolts<br>and hurls each at its target.<br>
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The thunder announces his presence;<br>the storm announces his indignant anger.<br>
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