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Job 38:17 KJV
Job · chapter 38 · verse 17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?Job 38:17 · King James Version
Job 38:17 in context
15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- openedgâlâhto denudeH1540 →
- gatesshaʻaran openingH8179 →
- deathmâvethdeathH4194 →
- seenrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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The Lord here proceeds to ask Job many puzzling questions, to convince him of his ignorance, and so to shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we will but try ourselves with such interrogatories as these, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-24