Job 38:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
  • Prov 8:24 : 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
  • Job 26:5-6 : 5 They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 38:17-22
    6 verses
    88%

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

    18 Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

    19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

    20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

    21 [ Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

    22 Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

  • 14 The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

  • Job 11:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?

    9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

  • 8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

  • Job 38:10-13
    4 verses
    77%

    10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

    11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

    12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;

    13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

  • Job 38:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

    34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • 11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

  • 8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

  • 30 The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

  • Jonah 2:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

  • Job 38:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

    5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

  • Job 26:4-5
    2 verses
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    4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

    5 They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

  • 3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

  • 15 Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

  • 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

  • Job 38:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24 By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

    25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

  • 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

  • 19 Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

  • 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

  • 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

  • 12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

  • 14 and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

  • 15 Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

  • 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

  • 10 Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

  • 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

  • 24 That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

  • 15 Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

  • 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.

  • 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

  • 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

  • 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

  • 28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

  • 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

  • 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?