Job 36:16
14 They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
- ASV
- Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
- DARBY
- Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
- BLB
- And indeed He has drawn you from the mouth of distress, [into] a broad place without constraint under it, and the resting of your table is full of richness.
- ÅB
- Også deg lokker han ut av trengselens svelg til en åpen plass hvor det ikke er trangt; og ditt bord skal være fullt av fete retter.
- OTB
- Ja, Han trekker deg fra nødens kjever
til et bredt sted uten begrensning,
og ditt bord er dekket med rikelig mat. - B1930
- Også dig lokker han ut av trengselens svelg til en åpen plass hvor det ikke er trangt; og ditt bord skal være fullt av fete retter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 23:5
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Read in contextPsalms 118:5
In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
Read in contextPsalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
Read in contextPsalms 18:19
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Read in contextPsalms 63:5
My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Read in contextIsaiah 25:6
On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
Read in contextPsalms 36:8
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Read in contextPsalms 40:1–3
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
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