Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea
Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?
New American Standard Bible
Or walked
King James Version
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Holman Bible
or walked in the depths of the oceans?
International Standard Version
"Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean?
A Conservative Version
Have thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or have thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
American Standard Version
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Bible in Basic English
Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?
Darby Translation
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Julia Smith Translation
Didst thou go even to the fountains of the sea? and didst thou go about in searching the depth?
King James 2000
Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in search of the depths?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Have you entered into [the] sea's sources? Or have you walked around in [the] recesses of the deep?
Modern King James verseion
Have you gone to the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Camest thou ever into the ground of the sea: or hast thou walked in the low corners of the deep?
NET Bible
Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?
New Heart English Bible
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
The Emphasized Bible
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? Or, through the secret recesses of the resounding deep, hast thou wandered?
Webster
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
World English Bible
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
Youngs Literal Translation
Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
15
“Their light is withheld from the wicked,
And the uplifted arm is broken.
“Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea
Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?
“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Names
Cross References
Psalm 77:19
Your way [of escape for Your people] was through the sea,
And Your paths through the great waters,
And Your footprints were not traceable.
Proverbs 8:24
“When there were no ocean depths I was born,
When there were no fountains and springs overflowing with water.
Job 26:5-6
“The spirits of the dead tremble
Underneath the waters and their inhabitants.
Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore thus says the Lord,
And take full vengeance for you;
I will dry up her sea and great reservoir
And make her fountain dry.