Job 38:17
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
דֶּלֶת
deleth
something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →Cross References
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon ...
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
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