Job 38:17

Job chapter 38 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

v.16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

v.17This passage

v.18Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 107:10
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
Matthew 4:16
The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.
Psalms 23:4
Yea, 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.
Psalms 116:3
The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.
Psalms 107:18
Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.