Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 36:16

"Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness." — Job 36:16 (ASV)

Even so would he have removed thee. It is possible to understand this verse somewhat differently, and the sense may perhaps be improved. Elihu may be speaking, not of what God would have done, but of what He has actually done: “Indeed, He has also removed you from the mouth of an adversary—even ease and abundance in the place where there was no straitness, and that which was set on your table, full of fatness. But you are full of the judgment of the wicked; therefore, justice and judgment take hold on you.”

“God, in His mercy, saw that you were in danger, and He removed the cause of temptation, and your chastisement would have been of short duration had you been submissive and resigned; but you have been bold and daring, like the wicked, and have reaped the judgment of the wicked.”