Job 38:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 38:17 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 38:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
- Job 12:22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
- Psalms 9:13Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
- Psalms 23:4Even 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.
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
- Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Amos 5:8He 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 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
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