King James Version

Job 38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

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הֲ֭בָאתָhavatato comeבּוֹאparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, a completed actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.נִבְכֵיnivkhespringנֵבֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “spring”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5033a fountainspring.יָ֑םyamseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a 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 southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).וּבְחֵ֥קֶרuvecheqerand in finding outחֵקֶרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and in finding out”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2714examination, enumeration, deliberationfinding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).תְּ֝ה֗וֹםtehomdeepתְּהוֹםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)deep (place), depth.הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּhithalakhetawalkהָלַךְverb, hithpael, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “walk”, a completed actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

Young’s Literal Translation

Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

World English Bible

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

Darby Translation

Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

Douay-Rheims

Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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