Job 38:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:13 : 13 when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
  • Ps 107:18 : 18 They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!
  • Job 12:22 : 22 He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 (But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name!
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

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    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

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    6The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

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    22He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

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