36:19 Would your wealth 1 sustain you,
so that you would not be in distress, 2
even all your mighty efforts? 3
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.
2 tn This part has only two words לֹא בְצָר (lo’ bÿtsar, “not in distress”). The negated phrase serves to explain the first colon.
3 tc For the many suggestions and the reasoning here, see the commentaries.