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The Book of Job, Chapter 38, Verse 18

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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
King James Version
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
American Standard Version
Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
New English Translation
Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!
World English Bible
Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know 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?
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Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?