Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been disclosed to thee, And hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Noyes Bible
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 visited the springs of the sea, And walked through the recesses of the deep?
18Hast thou surveyed the breadth of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all!
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death redeem it; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let whatever darkeneth the day terrify it!
Psalms 9:13“Have pity upon me, [[said I,]] O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; Lift me up from the gates of death:
Psalms 107:10They dwelt in darkness and the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron;
Psalms 107:18They abhorred all kinds of food; They were near to the gates of death.
Amos 5:8Seek him, that made the Pleiades and Orion; That changeth death-like darkness into morning, And darkeneth day into night; That calleth up the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah 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 →