Job 38:17

Were the gates of death ever laid open unto thee? or canst thou see the doors of the shadow of death?

Leeser Tanakh

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

16Didst thou ever penetrate as far as the springs of the sea? or wander through the bottom of the deep?

18Hast thou a clear understanding of the breadth of the earth? Tell it, if thou knowest it all.

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Cross References

Job 3:5Oh that darkness and the shadow of death might defile it; may a cloud rest upon it; may the blackness of the day terrify it.

Psalms 9:13(9:14) Be gracious unto me, O Lord; have regard to my affliction [coming] from those that hate me, thou who liftest me up from the gates of death:

Psalms 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in misery and [fetters of] iron;—

Psalms 107:18All manner of food their soul abhorreth; and they draw near unto the gates of death;

Amos 5:8[But] he maketh the seven stars and Orion, and changeth into morning the shadow of death, and maketh the day dark into night; he it is that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out over 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 →

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