Job 36:14-16

American Standard Version

¹⁴^[a]They die in youth,
And their life perisheth ^[b]among the ^[c]unclean.
¹⁵He delivereth the afflicted ^[d]by their affliction,
And openeth their ear ^[e]in oppression.
¹⁶Yea, he would have allured thee ^[f]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.

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Footnotes

Job 36:14 Hebrew Their soul dieth.
Job 36:14 Or, like
Job 36:14 Or, sodomites. See Dt. 23:17.
Job 36:15 Or, in
Job 36:15 Or, by adversity
Job 36:16 Hebrew out of the mouth of.

Job 36:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴They die in their youth,^(A)
among male prostitutes of the shrines.^(B)
¹⁵But those who suffer^(C) he delivers in their suffering;^(D)
he speaks^(E) to them in their affliction.^(F)

¹⁶“He is wooing^(G) you from the jaws of distress
to a spacious place^(H) free from restriction,^(I)
to the comfort of your table^(J) laden with choice food.^(K)

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Job 36:14-16

King James Version

¹⁴They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

¹⁵He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

¹⁶Even 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.

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