16 He also allured you out of distress
    into (A)a broad place where there was no cramping,
    and what was set on your (B)table was full of (C)fatness.

17 “But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;
    judgment and justice seize you.
18 Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
    and let not the greatness of (D)the ransom turn you aside.
19 Will your (E)cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
    or all the force of your strength?
20 Do not long for (F)the night,
    when peoples vanish (G)in their place.
21 Take care; (H)do not turn to iniquity,
    for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

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16 And what’s more, he allured you out of distress[a]
into a broad place, where in place of it was no constraint;
and what was set on your table is full of fatness.
17 But[b] you are obsessed with the judgment of the wicked;
judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Yes,[c] it is wrath, so that it will not incite you into mockery;
and do not let the ransom’s greatness turn you aside.
19 Will your cry for help sustain you without distress,
or[d] all the efforts of your strength?
20 You must not long for the night,
to cut off people in their place.[e]
21 Take care, you must not turn to mischief,
for because of this you have been tried by misery.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:16 Literally “from the mouth of distress”
  2. Job 36:17 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 36:18 Or “Indeed”
  4. Job 36:19 Hebrew “and”
  5. Job 36:20 Literally “in place of them”