Job 36:16 Explained in Context

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

Verse 16. ¹⁶ 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.

Verse 17. ¹⁷ But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Verse 18. ¹⁸ Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Verse 19. ¹⁹ Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Verse 20. ²⁰ Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Verse 21. ²¹ Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Verse 22. ²² Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

Verse 23. ²³ Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?