Job 36:19

36:19 Would your wealth ¹  sustain you,

so that you would not be in distress, ² 

even all your mighty efforts? ³ 

[36:19]  ¹ tn The form in the MT is “your cry (for help).” See J. E. Hartley (Job [NICOT], 472-73) and E. Dhorme (Job, 547-48) on the difficulties.

[36:19]  ² tn This part has only two words לֹא בְצָר (lo’ bÿtsar, “not in distress”). The negated phrase serves to explain the first colon.

[36:19]  ³ tc For the many suggestions and the reasoning here, see the commentaries.