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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“God is leading you away from danger, Job, to a place free from distress. He is setting your table with the best food.

Context of Job 36:16

14They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines. 15But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction. “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. 17But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you. 18Be careful that no one entices you by 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; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
• Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
• Psalms 18:19He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
• Psalms 31:8You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
• Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.
• Psalms 118:5When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.
• Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
• Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
• Psalms 63:5I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
• Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.
• Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.

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