Job 36:16

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.

God would have removed Job out of the strait of distress into a broad place of relief where there is no straitness, and what was set on his table would be full of fatness and abundance. That bringing out of distress into restored well-being was fulfilled when Job's captivity was turned and his prosperity was returned to him. His latter end became more prosperous than his beginning.

That restoration meant more than personal relief, for in the turning of Job's captivity Satan was defeated and God was vindicated. The verse stands among the assurances of God's ultimate care, showing that He can bring a person out of distress into relief and provide abundantly. It is a promise of ultimate deliverance, and does not prove that every sufferer is under God's displeasure.