Job 36:16

Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.

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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 will rescue the poor from his anguish, and he will open his ear during tribulation.

17Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.

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Cross References

Job 19:8He has hemmed in my path, and I cannot pass; he has added darkness to my difficult path.

Psalms 23:5He will receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God, his Savior.

Psalms 36:8Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious.

Psalms 63:5so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.

Psalms 118:5I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.

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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