Job 38:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 38:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 38:17 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 38:17 — KJV
“Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?”
— Job 38:17 (KJV)
Job 38:17 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 38:17
“And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:17: gates, opened, doors
“Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:17: death, hast, shadow
“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:17: death, seen, shadow
“In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates”
Shares key themes with Job 38:17: gates, opened
“And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.”
Shares key themes with Job 38:17: hast, seen
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