Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
New American Standard Bible
Or have you seen the gates of
King James Version
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Holman Bible
Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
International Standard Version
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
A Conservative Version
Have the gates of death been revealed to thee? Or have thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
American Standard Version
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Bible in Basic English
Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?
Darby Translation
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Julia Smith Translation
Were the gates of death uncovered to thee? and shalt thou see the gates of the shadow of death?
King James 2000
Have the gates of death been revealed unto you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Have [the] gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen [the] gates of deep shadow?
Modern King James verseion
Have the gates of death been opened to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Have the gates of death been open unto thee, or hast thou seen the door of everlasting treasure?
NET Bible
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?
New Heart English Bible
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
The Emphasized Bible
Have the gates of death been disclosed to thee? And, the gates of the death-shade, couldst thou descry?
Webster
Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?
World English Bible
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Youngs Literal Translation
Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
Interlinear
Galah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
16
“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?
“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 9:13
Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord;
See how I am afflicted by those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
Job 3:5
“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;
Let a cloud settle upon it;
Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).
Psalm 107:18
They detested all kinds of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
Job 12:22
“He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness
And brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the [sunless]
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.
Psalm 107:10
Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,
Psalm 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darkness
And broke their bonds apart.
Psalm 116:3
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
Amos 5:8
He who made the [cluster of stars called] Pleiades and [the constellation] Orion,
Who turns deep darkness into the morning
And darkens the day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The Lord is His name.
Matthew 4:16
“The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light,
And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death,
Upon them a Light has dawned.”