Job 36:16
14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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.
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
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Read in contextPsalms 118:5
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
Read in contextPsalms 31:8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Read in contextPsalms 18:19
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Read in contextPsalms 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Read in contextIsaiah 25:6
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Read in contextPsalms 36:8
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Read in contextPsalms 40:1–3
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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