Job 38:17
15 Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
16 Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
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.
19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
- KJV
- Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
- WEB
- Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
- ASV
- Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
- DARBY
- Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
- BLB
- Have the gates of death been uncovered to you, or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
- ÅB
- Har dødens porter vist seg for deg, og har du sett dødsskyggens porter?
- OTB
- Har dødens porter blitt vist deg?
Har du sett skyggens rikes porter? - B1930
- Har dødens porter vist sig for dig, og har du sett dødsskyggens porter?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 9:13
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
Read in contextPsalms 107:18
They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
Read in contextJob 3:5
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Read in contextJob 12:22
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Read in contextPsalms 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
Read in contextPsalms 107:10
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Read in contextPsalms 23:4
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.
Read in contextMatthew 4:16
the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
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