Job 38:16

Have thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or have thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

In Context

15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm is broken.

17Have the gates of death been revealed to thee? Or have thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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Cross References

Job 41:32He makes a path to shine after him. [A man] would think the deep to be hoary.

Proverbs 8:24when there were no depths. I was brought forth when there were no fountains abounding with water,

Matthew Henry on Job 38:13-25

Works of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?… Read the whole commentary →

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