Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“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.

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

Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distress
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
סוּת 
Cuwth 
Usage: 18

רחב 
Rachab 
Usage: 2

תּחת 
Tachath 
instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place
Usage: 505

מוּצק מוּצק 
Muwtsaq 
Usage: 3

and that which should be set
נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 8

on thy table
שׁלחן 
Shulchan 
Usage: 71

מלא מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 251

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. 16 “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.
17 "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.

Cross References

Psalm 23:5

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Psalm 118:5

Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free.

Psalm 18:19

He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

Psalm 31:8

and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.

Psalm 36:8

They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

Job 19:8

He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.

Job 42:10-17

And the LORDrestored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Psalm 40:1-3

I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 63:5

My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

Hosea 2:14

"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

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