| Translation | Verse | Text |
| King James | 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. |
| Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
| STRAIT | Narrow, and difficult to pass, Mt 7:13,14. This word should not be confounded with straight. To be "in a strait," is to have one's way beset with doubts or difficulties, to be at a loss, 1Sa 13:6 2Sa 24:14 Php 1:23. |