Job 36:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֭וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְצָ֑ר וְ֝כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃

Transliteration

hăyaʿărōk šûʿăkā lōʾ bəṣār wə-kōl maʾămaṣṣê-kōaḥ

Grammar Details

*hăyaʿărōk*: interrogative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will it arrange/set in order
*šûʿăkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your cry
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*bəṣār*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in distress
*wə-kōl*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and all
*maʾămaṣṣê-kōaḥ*: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - exertions of strength

Word Meanings

*yaʿărōk*: arranges/sets in order/prepares
*šûaʿ*: cry/wealth/prosperity
*ṣār*: distress/adversity/trouble
*maʾămaṣṣê-kōaḥ*: exertions of strength/efforts of power

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Prov 11:21 : 21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isa 2:20 : 20 In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
Isa 37:36 : 36 And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
Jas 5:3 : 3 Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.
Job 9:13 : 13 God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
Job 34:20 : 20 In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
Ps 33:16-17 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

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