Job 38:16
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
15 Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
- KJV
- Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
- WEB
- “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
- ASV
- Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
- DARBY
- Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
- BLB
- Have you come to the springs of the sea, or in search of the depths have you walked about?
- ÅB
- Er du kommet til havets kilder, og har du vandret på dypets bunn?
- OTB
- «Har du vandret til havets kilder
eller gått på dypets bunn? - B1930
- Er du kommet til havets kilder, og har du vandret på dypets bunn?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 8:24
When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Read in contextPsalms 77:19
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Read in contextJob 26:5–6
The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:36
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
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