Job 38:17 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Have the gateways to death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gateways to total darkness?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Job 38:17 Cross References

XREF:

Job 10:21 Before I go-- and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

Job 26:6 "Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering.

Job 34:22 "There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

38:17 Death - Hast thou seen, or dost thou know the place and state of the dead; the depths and bowels of that earth in which the generality of dead men are buried. Death is a grand secret? We know not when or by what means we shall be brought to death: by what road we must go the way, whence we shall not return. We cannot describe what death is; how the knot is untied between soul and body, or how the spirit goes To be we know not what, and live we know not how. With what dreadful curiosity does the soul launch out into an untried abyss? We have no correspondence with separate souls, nor any acquaintance with their state. It is an unknown, undiscovered region, to which they are removed. While we are here in a world of sense, we speak of the world of spirits, as blind men do of colours, and when we remove thither, shall be amazed to find how much we were mistaken.

MHC:

38:12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. By the tender mercy of our God, the Day-spring from on high has visited us, to give light to those that sit in darkness, whose hearts are turned to it as clay to the seal, 2Co 4:6. God's way in the government of the world is said to be in the sea; this means, that it is hid from us. Let us make sure that the gates of heaven shall be opened to us on the other side of death, and then we need not fear the opening of the gates of death. It is presumptuous for us, who perceive not the breadth of the earth, to dive into the depth of God's counsels. We should neither in the brightest noon count upon perpetual day, nor in the darkest midnight despair of the return of the morning; and this applies to our inward as well as to our outward condition. What folly it is to strive against God! How much is it our interest to seek peace with him, and to keep in his love!

CONC:

Dark Darkness Death Death-shade Deep Door-keepers Doors Gates Hast Open Opened Revealed Shades Shadow Shown

Dark Darkness Death Death-Shade Deep Door-Keepers Doors Gates Open Opened Revealed Shades Shadow Shown

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