Job 36:16

What does Job 36:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 36:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And also He moved thee from a strait place, <FI>To<Fi> a broad place--no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.15He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.

v.16This passage

v.17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take holdon thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 42:10

    And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

  • Psalms 36:8

    They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

  • Psalms 40:1

    I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

  • Psalms 63:5

    My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;

  • Job 19:8

    He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

  • Psalms 31:8

    And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.

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