Job 38:17
Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
Young's Literal Translation
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 come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
18Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare — if thou hast known it all.
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
Psalms 9:13Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
Psalms 107:10Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
Psalms 107:18All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,
Amos 5:8The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day [as] night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on 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 →