Job 38:16
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
KJV
Numquid ingressus es profunda maris, et in novissimis abyssi deambulasti ?
Vulgate
ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;
LXX
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
ASV
הֲ֭/בָאתָ עַד נִבְכֵי יָ֑ם וּ/בְ/חֵ֥קֶר תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
noun · 393×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
חֵ֑קֶר
chqr
noun · 12×
נִבְכֵי
nbky
noun · 1×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 9:8 — Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
- Job 26:5 — Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
- Prov 8:24 — When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
- Ps 77:19 — Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.