Commentary for Job 36:16

Moreover This is yet another great benefit that He did for you with these sufferings: He allured you and enticed you out of Gehinnom, whose mouth is narrow and whose base is wide.

Turning to Job, Elihu now reveals the truth, that which we the readers have known from the beginning. That it was a trial and though Job had appeared virtuous when blessed with prosperity, he had failed the test of suffering. Whereas he had blithely accepted God’s bounty without raising questions about the workings of Providence, the moment his prosperity ceased he began questioning the very fundamentals of faith. In retrospect, this placed the sincerity of his virtue when he had prospered in doubt: Satan had been proved right. God had permitted the trial to test Job, to temper him and to teach him the vanity of earthly happenings. As events proved, He was justified in doing so.

not cramped so that its smoke should be gathered into its midst, and furthermore, that you should merit the world to come; and the bedecking of your table shall be full of fatness.