Job 38:16

Translations

Modern

Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

Traditional

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

Literal

Have you come to the springs of the sea, or in search of the depths have you walked about?

Latin

Numquid ingressus es profunda maris, et in novissimis abyssi deambulasti?

Original

Hebrew

English

Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

Notes

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Proverbs 8:24
When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Psalm 77:19
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Job 26:5–6
The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Continents: General Scriptures Concerning Fountains and Springs: Come from the Great Deep God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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