KJV King James Version
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
WEB World English Bible
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
ASV American Standard Version
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
Surrounding context — Job 38
14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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?
17 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,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
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Psalm 9:13Have 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:Psalm 107:18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.Psalm 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.Psalm 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;Psalm 23:4Yea, 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.Job 12:22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.Amos 5:8[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:Psalm 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
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