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Job 36:16

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Obsessed with Putting the Blame on God

16–21“Oh, Job, don’t you see how God’s wooing you

from the jaws of danger?

How he’s drawing you into wide-open places—

inviting you to feast at a table laden with blessings?

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

He also allured you out of distress

into a broad place where there was no cramping,

and what was set on your table was full of fatness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“He is wooing you from the jaws of distress

to a spacious place free from restriction,

to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Indeed, he lured you from the jaws of distress

to a spacious and unconfined place.

Your table was spread with choice food.

NLTNew Living Translation

“God is leading you away from danger, Job,

to a place free from distress.

He is setting your table with the best food.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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.