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Job 36:16
Job 36:16 is verse 16 of Job chapter 36, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.
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Job 36:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
16 Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
Job 42:11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Job 42:13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
Job 42:15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
Job 42:16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Job 42:17And so Job died, old and full of years.
Psalms 18:19He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Psalms 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
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, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.