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He is setting your table with the best food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/36.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait <i>into</i> a broad place, where <i>there is</i> no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table <i>should be</i> full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, <i>Into</i> a broad place where <i>there is</i> no restraint; And what is set on your table <i>would be</i> full of richness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Then indeed, He induced you away from the mouth of distress, <i>And</i> instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And your table was full of rich food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And the comfort of your table full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress <i>and</i> confinement, Into a broad place where there is no constraint <i>or</i> distress; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness (rich food).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, he lured you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and unconfined place. Your table was spread with choice food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and unconfined place. Your table was spread with choice food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And at this very moment, God deeply desires to lead you from trouble and to spread your table with your favorite food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yea, he would have led thee away out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table should be full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God brought you out of trouble, and let you enjoy security; your table was piled high with food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Indeed, he drew you away from the brink of distress to a spacious place without constraints, filling your festive table with bountiful food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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 would be full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And He also moved you from a narrow place "" [To] a broad place—no constriction under it, "" And the sitting beyond of your table has been full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also he moved thee from the mouth of the enemy to a broad, not straight place; and thy table came down full of fatness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He entices you from distress, to a broad place without constraint; what rests on your table is rich food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no constraint, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Even so he shall deliver you from the mouth of the mocker, and give you rest instead of distress; and he shall prepare a table with rich food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also he will deliver you from the mouth of the mocker, and a spacious place is substituted for distress, and he will set a table full of rich food<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/36-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=5598" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/36.htm">Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/637.htm" title="637: wə·’ap̄ (Conj) -- Also, yea. A primitive particle; meaning accession; also or yea; adversatively though.">Indeed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5496.htm" title="5496: hă·sî·ṯə·ḵā (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To incite, allure, instigate. Perhaps denominative from shayith; properly, to prick, i.e. stimulate; by implication, to seduce.">He drew you</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: mip·pî- (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">from the jaws</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: ṣār (Adj-ms) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">of distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">to a spacious</a> <a href="/hebrew/4164.htm" title="4164: mū·ṣāq (N-ms) -- Constraint, distress. Or muwtsaq; from yatsaq; narrowness; figuratively, distress."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: taḥ·te·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5183.htm" title="5183: wə·na·ḥaṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- From nchath; a descent, i.e. Imposition, unfavorable or favorable; also, restfulness."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7338.htm" title="7338: ra·ḥaḇ (N-ms) -- Breadth, broad expanse. From rachab; a width.">and broad place,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7979.htm" title="7979: lə·ḥā·nə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A table. From shalach; a table; by implication, a meal.">to a table</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mā·lê (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">full</a> <a href="/hebrew/1880.htm" title="1880: ḏā·šen (N-ms) -- Fatness, ashes of fat. From dashen; the fat; abstractly fatness, i.e. abundance; specifically the ashes of sacrifices.">of richness.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-19.htm">Psalm 18:19</a></span><br />He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-8.htm">Psalm 31:8</a></span><br />You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/118-5.htm">Psalm 118:5</a></span><br />In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23</a></span><br />Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Isaiah 40:29-31</a></span><br />He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. / Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. / But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-9.htm">Isaiah 49:9-10</a></span><br />to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill. / They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Isaiah 55:12</a></span><br />You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12-14</a></span><br />They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. / Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. / I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Ezekiel 34:14-15</a></span><br />I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. / I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-15.htm">Hosea 2:15</a></span><br />There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-9.htm">John 10:9-10</a></span><br />I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. / The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a></span><br />I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-22.htm">Acts 14:22</a></span><br />strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Romans 5:3-5</a></span><br />Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; / perseverance, character; and character, hope. / And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Even so would he have removed you out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no narrow place; and that which should be set on your table should be full of fatness.</p><p class="hdg">a broad</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-8.htm">Job 19:8</a></b></br> He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10-17</a></b></br> And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-19.htm">Psalm 18:19</a></b></br> He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.</p><p class="hdg">that which should be set on thy table.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Psalm 23:5</a></b></br> Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-8.htm">Psalm 36:8</a></b></br> They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/63-5.htm">Psalm 63:5</a></b></br> My soul shall be satisfied as <i>with</i> marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise <i>thee</i> with joyful lips:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/29-7.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/job/28-15.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/job/32-20.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Constraint</a> <a href="/job/33-19.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/job/31-27.htm">Enticed</a> <a href="/job/15-27.htm">Fatness</a> <a href="/job/34-3.htm">Food</a> <a href="/job/36-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/job/35-13.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/31-40.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/job/29-17.htm">Jaws</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-17.htm">Laden</a> <a href="/job/35-16.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/34-20.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/job/2-8.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-35.htm">Spacious</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-13.htm">Strait</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Straitness</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-31.htm">Supply</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-17.htm">Table</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/37-10.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/psalms/78-31.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/job/38-32.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Constraint</a> <a href="/job/36-19.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-28.htm">Enticed</a> <a href="/psalms/36-8.htm">Fatness</a> <a href="/job/36-31.htm">Food</a> <a href="/job/36-17.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/7-4.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/psalms/45-16.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/job/41-13.htm">Jaws</a> <a href="/job/36-17.htm">Laden</a> <a href="/job/37-2.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/psalms/2-4.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/psalms/18-19.htm">Spacious</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-27.htm">Strait</a> <a href="/psalms/118-5.htm">Straitness</a> <a href="/psalms/78-20.htm">Supply</a> <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Table</a><div class="vheading2">Job 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-1.htm">Elihu shows how God is just in his ways</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-16.htm">How Job's sins hinder God's blessings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-24.htm">God's works are to be magnified</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Job, it reflects the belief that God rescues the faithful from suffering. The "jaws of distress" metaphorically represents extreme danger or hardship, akin to being trapped by a predator. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where God is depicted as a deliverer, such as in <a href="/psalms/18-19.htm">Psalm 18:19</a>, where God brings the psalmist into a "broad place" after rescuing him. Historically, the idea of divine rescue is prevalent in the Ancient Near East, where gods were often seen as protectors of their people.<p><b>to a spacious and broad place</b><br>This phrase signifies freedom and relief after a period of confinement or oppression. In biblical terms, a "spacious place" often symbolizes safety and abundance, contrasting with the narrowness of distress. This imagery is used in <a href="/psalms/31-8.htm">Psalm 31:8</a>, where God sets the psalmist's feet in a "broad place." Theologically, it can be seen as a type of the spiritual freedom found in Christ, who offers liberation from the bondage of sin (<a href="/john/8-36.htm">John 8:36</a>).<p><b>to a table full of richness</b><br>The "table full of richness" symbolizes provision and blessing. In the ancient world, a table laden with food was a sign of prosperity and divine favor. This imagery is reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Psalm 23:5</a>, where God prepares a table before the psalmist in the presence of his enemies, indicating protection and abundance. Culturally, sharing a meal was a significant act of fellowship and covenant, pointing to the ultimate fellowship believers have with God through Christ, as seen in the eschatological banquet described in <a href="/revelation/19-9.htm">Revelation 19:9</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A righteous man tested by God through severe trials, including loss of wealth, health, and family. His account is a profound exploration of suffering and divine justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elihu.htm">Elihu</a></b><br>A younger friend of Job who speaks in chapters 32-37. He offers a perspective that emphasizes God's justice and sovereignty, suggesting that suffering can be a means of divine instruction and growth.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's trials. Elihu emphasizes God's role in delivering and teaching through suffering.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/distress.htm">Distress</a></b><br>Represents the trials and suffering Job is experiencing. Elihu suggests that God uses these moments to draw people closer to Himself.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/spacious_and_broad_place.htm">Spacious and Broad Place</a></b><br>Symbolizes freedom, relief, and abundance that God provides after a period of trial and testing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>God is actively involved in delivering His people from distress. Trust in His timing and methods, even when they are not immediately apparent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/purpose_in_suffering.htm">Purpose in Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering can be a tool for growth and deeper understanding of God's character. Seek to learn and grow through trials rather than merely seeking escape.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/abundance_after_trials.htm">Abundance After Trials</a></b><br>God promises not only relief but also abundance and richness after periods of testing. Hold onto hope for God's provision and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_instruction.htm">Divine Instruction</a></b><br>View challenges as opportunities for divine instruction. Ask God for wisdom to understand His purposes and to align your heart with His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 36</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happens_if_you_abandon_faith.htm">What does it profit to gain the world?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_job_16_18_outside_bible.htm">In Job 16:18, is there any historical or archaeological evidence supporting this lament outside of the biblical narrative?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_if_job's_pleas_lack_merit.htm">In light of Job 35:16, why would a merciful God remain silent if Job's pleas are without merit, given other scriptures showing God responding to human need?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_36_11-12_fit_real_hardships.htm">In Job 36:11-12, obedience supposedly leads to prosperity while disobedience brings destruction; how does this align with the real-world experiences of faithful people in hardship?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Even so would he have removed thee. </span>It is possible to understand this verse somewhat otherwise, and the sense may perhaps be improved. Elihu may be speaking, not of what God would have done, but of what He has actually done: "Yea, also He hath removed thee from the mouth of an adversary, even case and abundance in the place of which there was no straitness, and that which came down upon thy table full of fatness; but thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, therefore justice and judgment take hold on thee." "God, in His mercy, saw that thou wast in danger, and He removed the cause of temptation, and thy chastisement would have been of short duration hadst thou been submissive and resigned; but thou hast been bold and daring, like the wicked, and hast reaped the judgment of the wicked."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad pine, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness</span>. Another quite different interpretation has been proposed by Ewald, and adopted by Dillmann and Canon Cook, who suppose Elihu to speak, not of what would have happened to Job under certain circumstances, but of what had actually happened to him, and render, "Thee moreover hath thy unbounded prosperity seduced from listening to the voice of affliction, and the case of thy table which was full of fatness." But the rendering of the Authorized Version, which is substantially that of Schultens and Rosenmuller, is still upheld by many scholars, and has been retained by our Revisers. If we adopt it, we must understand Elihu as assuring Job that he too would have been delivered and restored to his prosperity, if he had accepted his afflictions in a proper <span class="accented">spirits</span> and learnt the lesson they were intended to teach him (see vers. 9, 10). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/36-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Indeed,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַ֤ף</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_637.htm">Strong's 637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He drew you</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲסִיתְךָ֨ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(hă·sî·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5496.htm">Strong's 5496: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prick, stimulate, to seduce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the jaws</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of distress</span><br /><span class="heb">צָ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(ṣār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> </span><span class="str2">Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to a spacious</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and broad place,</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֭חַב</span> <span class="translit">(ra·ḥaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7338.htm">Strong's 7338: </a> </span><span class="str2">Breadth, broad expanse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to a table</span><br /><span class="heb">שֻׁ֝לְחָנְךָ֗</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḥā·nə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7979.htm">Strong's 7979: </a> </span><span class="str2">A table, a meal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">full</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֣לֵא</span> <span class="translit">(mā·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of richness.</span><br /><span class="heb">דָֽשֶׁן׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḏā·šen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1880.htm">Strong's 1880: </a> </span><span class="str2">The fat, fatness, abundance, the, ashes of sacrifices</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/36-16.htm">OT Poetry: Job 36:16 Yes he would have allured you out (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/36-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 36:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 36:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/36-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 36:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 36:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>