Job 36:16

Job 36:16 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness.

Context of Job 36:16

14They die while they’re young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols. 15He rescues suffering people through their suffering, and he opens their ears through distress. “Yes, he lured you away from the jaws of trouble into an open area where you were not restrained, and your table was covered with rich foods. 17But you are given the judgment evil people deserve. A fair judgment will be upheld. 18Be careful that you are not led astray with riches. Don’t let a large bribe turn you ⌞to evil ways⌟.

Job 36:16 word by word

וְאַ֤ף הֲסִיתְךָ֨׀ מִפִּי־צָ֗ר רַ֭חַב לֹא־מוּצָ֣ק תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְנַ֥חַת שֻׁ֝לְחָנְךָ֗ מָ֣לֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even so would he have removedסוּתsûth · to inciteH5496
• thee out of the straitצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• thee out of the straitפֶּהpeh · lip: openingH6310
• a broad placeרַ֫חַבrachab · breadthH7338
• whereתַּחַתtachath · underneath: standH8478
• no straitnessמוּצָקmûtsaq mûtsâq · constraintH4164
• and that which should be setנַ֫חַתnachath · quietnessH5183
• on thy tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• of fatnessדֶּ֫שֶׁןdeshen · ashesH1880

Cross-references for Job 36:16

• Job 19:8“God has blocked my path so that I can’t go on. He has made my paths dark.
• Job 42:10After Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored Job’s prosperity and gave him twice as much ⌞as he had before⌟.
• Psalms 18:19He brought me out to a wide-open place. He rescued me because he was pleased with me.
• Psalms 31:8You have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely.
• Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
• Psalms 118:5During times of trouble I called on the Lord. The Lord answered me ⌞and⌟ set me free ⌞from all of them⌟.
• Psalms 23:5You prepare a banquet for me while my enemies watch. You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows.
• Psalms 36:8They are refreshed with the rich foods in your house, and you make them drink from the river of your pleasure.
• Psalms 63:5You satisfy my soul with the richest foods. My mouth will sing ⌞your⌟ praise with joyful lips.
• Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the Lord of Armies will prepare for all people a feast with the best foods, a banquet with aged wines, with the best foods and the finest wines.
• Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money on what cannot nourish you and your wages on what does not satisfy you? Listen carefully to me: Eat what is good, and enjoy the best foods.

Commentaries on Job 36:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Even so would he have removed thee - If thou hadst turned to, obeyed, and served him, thy present state would have been widely different from what it is.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Even so would he have removed thee - That is, if you had been patient and resigned, and if you had gone to him with a broken heart. Having stated the “principles” in regard to affliction which he held to be indisputable, and having affirmed that God was ever ready to relieve the sufferer if he would apply to him with a proper spirit, it was natural to infer from this that the reason why Job “continued” to suffer was, that he did not manifest a proper…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest and best have enough in them to deserve his stroke. Let not Job continue his unjust quarrel with God and his providence. And let us never dare to think favourably of sin, never indulge it, nor allow ourselves in it. Elihu thinks Job needed this…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Rather, "He will lead forth thee also out of the jaws of a strait" (Psa 18:19; 118:5). broad place--expresses the liberty, and the well-supplied "table" the abundance of the prosperous (Psa 23:5; Is 25:6).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Broad Place
• Ascribe
• Elihu
• Esteem
• Hang
• Broad
• Fatness
• God
• Straight; Straightway

Commentaries on Job 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings