before I go, never to return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
Job 38:17 - New Revised Standard Version Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of deep darkness? American Standard Version (1901) Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? Common English Bible Have death’s gates been revealed to you; can you see the gates of deep darkness? Catholic Public Domain Version Have the gates of death been opened to you, and have you seen the doors of darkness? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors? |
before I go, never to return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
It is higher than heaven —what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
He uncovers the deeps out of darkness, and brings deep darkness to light.
Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds settle upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.
they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me.
Be gracious to me, O Lord. See what I suffer from those who hate me; you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,
The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, and 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,
the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.”
and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.