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16 Have you ever traveled to the sources of the sea
or walked around in the dark depths of the ocean?

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?[a]

18 Do you comprehend the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:17 The scribes of the Hebrew text consistently spell this word as shadow of death. Many recent translations alter the spelling to a very similar word that means deep darkness. The EHV in many cases retains the traditional reading.

16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?(A)
17 Have the gates of death(B) been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?(C)
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?(D)
    Tell me, if you know all this.(E)

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