Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadow of death?
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8Seek 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 face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
8Seeke him that maketh the *seuen starres and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day darke with night: that *calleth for the waters of the Sea, and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth: the LORD is his Name.
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Job 38:17
Movable barriers and the entrances they close in walls, cities, courts, houses, or enclosed places; by extension, the city, jurisdiction, public place, or access represented by those entrances.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.
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16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
16Hast thou entred into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
17Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadow of death?
Selected passage18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
18Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.