Job 36:16-25

Application to Job of the principles in regard to affliction just enunciated by Elihu.

Job 36:16 are difficult and have been understood in a great variety of ways. The general sense expressed by the A. V. is probably correct, unless probability be considered too strong a term to employ of any rendering.

16. Even so doth he allure thee out of the mouth of distress

Into a broad place, where there is no straitness;

And that which is set on thy table shall be full of fatness.

17. But if thou art filled with the judgment of the wicked,

Judgment and justice shall keep hold on thee.

18. For beware lest wrath entice thee into scorning,

And let not the greatness, of the ransom lead thee astray.

19. Will thy riches suffice, without stint?

Or all the forces of wealth?

Many objections may be urged against this rendering, as may be against any rendering that can be proposed.