Job 38:17

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Have the gates of death been uncovered to you, or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Latin

Numquid apertæ sunt tibi portæ mortis, et ostia tenebrosa vidisti?

Original

Hebrew

English

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

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

Psalm 9:13
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
Psalm 107:18
They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
Job 3:5
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 107:10
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Job 12:22
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Psalm 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
Amos 5:8
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
Matthew 4:16
…the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

Glossary

Book of Job Hades Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Continents: General Scriptures Concerning Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Gates of Death God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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