Job 38:16
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
גֻּלָּה
gullâh
a fountain, bowl or globe (all as round)
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
תּוּר
tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Key Terms in This Verse
תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Study H8415 →תּוּר tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
Study H8446 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →Cross References
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
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