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16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress,
    into a wide place, where there is no restriction.
    That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked.
    Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Don’t let riches entice you to wrath,
    neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress,
    or all the might of your strength?
20 Don’t desire the night,
    when people are cut off in their place.
21 Take heed, don’t regard iniquity;
    for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

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16 Indeed, he lured you from the jaws[a] of distress
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.
17 Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
judgment and justice have seized you.
18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches;[b]
do not let a large ransom[c] lead you astray.(A)
19 Can your wealth[d] or all your physical exertion
keep you from distress?(B)
20 Do not long for the night
when nations will disappear from their places.
21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by[e] affliction.

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Footnotes

  1. 36:16 Lit from a mouth of narrowness
  2. 36:18 Or you into mockery
  3. 36:18 Or bribe
  4. 36:19 Or cry for help
  5. 36:21 Or for you have preferred this to