Job 36:16

Indeed, he would like to draw you out of distress 1 into a broad place where there is no hardship 1 and where your table would be set with food full of fatness. 1

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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

15God rescues afflicted people by means of their afflictions; 1 he opens their ears by means of their oppression. 1

17But you are full of judgment on wicked people; 1 judgment and justice have laid hold of you. 1

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Cross References

Job 19:8He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, 1 and he has set darkness in my path. 1

Psalms 18:19He set me free in a wide open place; he saved me because he was pleased with me. 1

Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; 1 you have anointed my head with oil; 1 my cup runs over. 1

Psalms 36:8They feast upon the abundance of your house; 1 you let them drink from the river of your delights. 1

Psalms 63:5It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness; 1 with joyful lips my mouth will praise you, 1

Psalms 118:5In my distress I called out to Yahweh; 1 Yahweh answered me and set me free. 1

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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