Job 36:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.”
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“Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 36:16 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Psalms 18:19He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- Psalms 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Psalms 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
- Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
- 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.
- Hosea 2:14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
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