Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
In Context
16Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
18Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things?
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
Psalms 9:13For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
Psalms 107:10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
Psalms 107:18Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
Amos 5:8Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
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 →