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Job 38:16-18
New English Translation
Job 38:16-18
New English Translation
16 Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea,[a]
or walked about in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?[b]
Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?[c]
18 Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know it all.
Footnotes
- Job 38:16 tn Heb “the springs of the sea.” The words “that fill” are supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning of the phrase.
- Job 38:17 tn Heb “uncovered to you.”
- Job 38:17 tn Some still retain the traditional phrase “shadow of death” in the English translation (cf. NIV). The reference is to the entrance to Sheol (see Job 10:21).
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