Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
New American Standard Bible
Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;
And that which was set on your table was full of
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.
Holman Bible
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.
International Standard Version
"Indeed, he drew you away from the brink of distress to a spacious place without constraints, filling your festive table with bountiful food.
A Conservative Version
Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress and confinement,
Into a broad place where there is no constraint or distress;
And that which was set on your table was full of fatness (rich food).
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
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.
King James 2000
Even so would he have removed you out of the distress into a broad place, where there is no restraint; and that which should be set on your table should be full of richness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And what's more, he allured you {out of distress} [into] a broad place, [where] in place of it [was] no constraint; and [what] was set on your table is full of fatness.
Modern King James verseion
And He also would have lured you from the mouth of distress to a wide place not cramped; and the setting of your table would be full of fatness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even so shall he keep thee - if thou wilt be content - from the bottomless pit that is beneath: and if thou wilt hold the quiet, he shall fill thy table with plenteousness.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea he might even have allured thee - out of the mouth of straitness, into a wide space - no narrowness there, - and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
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.
Interlinear
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Nachath
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear. 16 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. 17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 23:5
Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!
Psalm 118:5
From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place.
Psalm 18:19
And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.
Psalm 31:8
And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.
Psalm 36:8
They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.
Job 19:8
My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
Job 42:10-17
And Jehovah hath turned to the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add to all that Job hath -- to double.
Psalm 40:1-3
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,
Psalm 63:5
As with milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And with singing lips doth my mouth praise.
Isaiah 25:6
And made hath Jehovah of Hosts, For all the peoples in this mount, A banquet of fat things, a banquet of preserved things, Fat things full of marrow, preserved things refined.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.
Hosea 2:14
Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto her heart,