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.
Cross-references
In Job 19:8, Job laments God walling up his way — here Elihu says God allures out of distress into a broad place, a direct contrast.
In Job 42:10-17, Job's restoration fulfills Elihu's description — brought out of distress into a broad place with abundance.
In Psalm 18:19, the same phrase 'broad place' appears — God rescues and sets free, mirroring Elihu's promise.
In Psalm 31:8, God sets the psalmist's feet in a broad place — directly parallel to the broad place in Job 36:16.
Psalm 4:1 uses the same Hebrew root 'rachab' for relief in distress, mirroring God's deliverance into a broad place in Job 36:16.
Psalm 18:36 also speaks of God giving a wide place for steps — the exact metaphor of security and freedom from cramping.
In Psalm 118:5, the psalmist cries out in distress and is answered — similar to being allured out of distress in Job 36:16.
In Psalm 40:1-3, God lifts from a pit and sets on a rock — echoing being allured out of distress into a broad place.
Psalm 66:12 describes God bringing from trial to abundance, paralleling the deliverance into a broad, prosperous place in Job 36:16.
Psalm 119:32 uses the same root 'rachab' for an enlarged heart, applying the imagery of spaciousness to obedience rather than deliverance.
2 Corinthians 6:12 contrasts self-imposed restriction with the divine removal of cramping in Job 36:16 — a thematic opposite.