Job 36:16

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In The King James Version

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

In Context

15He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

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Cross References

Job 19:8My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

Psalms 18:19\18:18\They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.

Psalms 23:5You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.

Psalms 36:8\36:7\How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

Psalms 63:5\63:4\So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.

Psalms 118:5I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.

Matthew Henry on Job 36:16-24

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all… Read the whole commentary →

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