Job 38:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:13 : 13 Haue mercy on me O God: consider the trouble whiche I suffer of them that hate me, lift me vp from the gates of death.
  • Ps 107:18 : 18 Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate: and they be euen harde at deathes doore.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 But let it be stayned with darknesse and the shadowe of death, let the dimme cloude fall vpon it, whiche may make it terrible as a most bitter day.
  • Job 12:22 : 22 Loke what lyeth hid in darkenesse he declareth it openly, and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The snares of death compassed me rounde about: and the paynes of hell toke holde on me. I founde anguishe and heauinesse,
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 He maketh the seuen starres and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people, which sate in darknesse, sawe great lyght: And to them whiche sate in the region and shadowe of death, lyght is sprong vp.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death, I wyll feare no euyll: for thou art with me, thy rodde and thy staffe be the thynges that do comfort me.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron.
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder.

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