King James Version

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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הֲנִגְל֣וּhaniglvexileגָּלָהparticle, interrogative, verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “exile”, a completed actionH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.לְ֭ךָlekhatoלְ֭ךָpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toשַׁעֲרֵיshaaredoorשַׁעַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).מָ֑וֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖יveshaareand doorשַׁעַרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).צַלְמָ֣וֶתtsalmavetshadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “shadow of death”, the ordinary formH6757shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)shadow of death.תִּרְאֶֽהtirehseeרָאָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “see”, an unfinished actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Young’s Literal Translation

Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

World English Bible

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Darby Translation

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Douay-Rheims

Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνοίγονται δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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