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Job 38:17

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

KJV

Numquid apertæ sunt tibi portæ mortis, et ostia tenebrosa vidisti ?

Vulgate

ἀνοίγονται δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, ⸆ πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;

LXX

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

ASV

הֲ/נִגְל֣וּ לְ֭/ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי מָ֑וֶת וְ/שַׁעֲרֵ֖י צַלְמָ֣וֶת תִּרְאֶֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 157×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
צַלְמָֽוֶת
tslmvt
noun · 18×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
tglh
verb · 185×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Heb 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • Job 3:5 — Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
  • Job 3:5 — Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
  • Job 12:22 — He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
  • Matt 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
  • Ps 9:13 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 107:10 — Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
  • Ps 107:14 — He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
  • Ps 107:18 — Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.