Job 38:16 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Have you gone to the springs in the sea or walked through the valleys of the ocean depths?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

ASV:

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

BBE:

Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

DBY:

Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

ERV:

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

JPS:

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

WBS:

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?

YLT:

Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

Job 38:16 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

Genesis 8:2 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;

Proverbs 8:24 "When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.

Proverbs 8:28 When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the {m} depth?
(m) If you are not able to seek out the depth of the sea, how much less are you able to comprehend the counsel of God?

WES:

38:16 Springs - Heb. the tears; the several springs out of which the waters of the sea flow as tears do from the eyes. Walked - Hast thou found out the utmost depth of the sea, which in divers places could never be reached by the wisest mariner? And how then canst thou fathom the depths of my counsels?

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:

Deep Depth Entered Hast Places Recesses Search Searching Secret Springs Walked Walking

Deep Depth Entered Far Journeyed Places Recesses Sea Search Searching Secret Springs Walked Walking

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