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

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

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.

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14 (A)They[a] die in youth,
And their life ends among the [b]perverted persons.
15 He delivers the poor in their affliction,
And opens their ears in oppression.

16 “Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress,
(B)Into a broad place where there is no restraint;
And (C)what is set on your table would be full of (D)richness.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:14 Lit. Their soul dies
  2. Job 36:14 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy or prostitution in religious rituals