Job 38:17 “Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates…”

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

World English Bible

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

American Standard Version

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Geneva Bible 1599

Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death?

Darby Translation

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Young's Literal Translation

Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

Bible in Basic English

Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

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Cross references

“the gates”

Psalm 9:13 Psalm 107:18 Psalm 116:3

Psalm 9:13 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

Psalm 107:18 · BSB

They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

Psalm 116:3 · BSB

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

“the shadow”

Job 3:5 Job 12:22 Psalm 23:4 Psalm 107:10 Psalm 107:14 Amos 5:8

Job 3:5 · BSB

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Job 12:22 · BSB

He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.

Psalm 23:4 · BSB

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 107:10 · BSB

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

Psalm 107:14 · BSB

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

Amos 5:8 · BSB

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

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