Are the comforts of God too small for you, or a gentle word toward you?
Job 36:16 - Tree of Life Version “And indeed, He will draw you from the mouth of distress, to a spacious place without constraint, and the comfort of a table full of rich food. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Indeed, God would have allured you out of the mouth of distress into a broad place where there is no situation of perplexity or privation; and that which would be set on your table would be full of fatness. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Surely he draws you up from the brink of trouble to a wide place without distress; your table is set with rich food. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Are the comforts of God too small for you, or a gentle word toward you?
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has shrouded my path in darkness.
Behold, happy is the one whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of Shaddai.
Out of a tight place I called on Adonai— Adonai answered me with a spacious place.
They came against me in my day of calamity, but Adonai was my support.
He brought me out to a wide-open place. He rescued me since He delighted in me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed my head with oil, my cup overflows.
I will be glad and rejoice in Your lovingkindness, for You saw my affliction. You knew the troubles of my soul.
How precious is Your love, O God! The children of men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
So I will bless You as long as I live. In Your name I lift up my hands.
My soul is satisfied as with fat and oil, so my mouth praises You with joyful lips.
On this mountain, Adonai-Tzva’ot will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples— a banquet of aged wine— of rich food, of choice marrow, of aged wine well refined.
Why do you spend money for what is not bread? Your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance.
I will also devastate her vines and her fig trees, of which she said: ‘These are my payment that my lovers have given to me.’ But I will turn them into a thicket and beasts of the field will devour them.