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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.