Job 38:17
Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 entred into the bottomes of the sea? or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?
18Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? tell if thou knowest all this.
Cross References
Job 3:5But let darkenesse, and the shadowe of death staine it: let the cloude remayne vpon it, and let them make it fearefull as a bitter day.
Psalms 9:13Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death,
Psalms 107:10They that dwell in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,
Psalms 107:18Their soule abhorreth al meat, and they are brought to deaths doore.
Amos 5:8He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open 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 →