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The Book of Job, Chapter 38, Verse 17

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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
King James Version
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
American Standard Version
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
New English Translation
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?
World English Bible
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,
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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
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Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?
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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
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Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;
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To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?