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14 They die in their youth,[a]
and their life ends among the male shrine prostitutes.
15 He delivers the afflicted by his misery,
and he opens their ears by the adversity.
16 And what’s more, he allured you out of distress[b]
into a broad place, where in place of it was no constraint;
and what was set on your table is full of fatness.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:14 Literally “It dies in the youth of their self”
  2. Job 36:16 Literally “from the mouth of distress”

14 They die in their youth,(A)
    among male prostitutes of the shrines.(B)
15 But 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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