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 in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes. 15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering. And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food. 17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you. 18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

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 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
• Job 42:10So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job.
• Psalms 18:19He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.
• Psalms 31:8You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
• Psalms 40:1I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.
• Psalms 118:5In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.
• Psalms 23:5You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
• Psalms 36:8They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
• Psalms 63:5As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
• Isaiah 25:6The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine – tender meat and choicest wine.
• Isaiah 55:2Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

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