Job 38:17

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?

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

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

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

    Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

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  • Psalms 107:18

    Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

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  • Job 3:5

    Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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  • Job 12:22

    He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

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  • Psalms 107:14

    He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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  • Psalms 107:10

    Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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  • Psalms 23:4

    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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  • Matthew 4:16

    The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

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