JOB 38:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
⇔ ≈Have you seen the gates that open into deep darkness?

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἀνοίγονται δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;
(Anoigontai de soi fobōi pulai thanatou, pulōroi de hadou idontes se eptaʸxan; )

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

ULT Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
⇔ Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

UST Has someone shown you how to get to the place where dead people are?
⇔ Do you know where the entrance to that dark place is?

BSB Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
⇔ Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

OEB Have the gate-ways of Death been unveiled to thee?
⇔ Hast thou looked on the porters of Hades?

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
⇔ Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

LSV Were the gates of death revealed to you? And do you see the gates of death-shade?

FBV Have you been shown where the gates of death are? Have you seen the gates of utter darkness?

T4T Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are,
⇔ the gates to the place where it is very dark?

LEB • the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of deep shadow?

BBE Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wbstr Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?

KJB-1769 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
(Have the gates of death been opened unto thee/you? or hast thou/you seen the doors of the shadow of death? )

KJB-1611 Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadow of death?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Gnva Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death?
(Have the gates of death been opened unto thee/you? or hast thou/you seen the gates of the shadow of death? )

Cvdl Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto the or hast thou sene the dore of euerlastige treasure?
(Have the gates of death been opened unto the or hast thou/you seen the door of euerlastige treasure?)

Wycl Whether the yatis of deeth ben openyd to thee, and `siest thou the derk doris?
(Whether the yatis of death been opened to thee/you, and `siest thou/you the derk doors?)

Luth Haben sich dir des Todes Tore je aufgetan? Oder hast du gesehen die Tore der Finsternis?
(Haben itself/yourself/themselves you/to_you the Todes Tore each/ever aufgetan? Oder have you seen the Tore the/of_the darkness?)

ClVg Numquid apertæ sunt tibi portæ mortis, et ostia tenebrosa vidisti?
(Is_it apertæ are to_you portæ mortis, and ostia tenebrosa vidisti? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הֲ⁠נִגְל֣וּ לְ֭⁠ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָ֑וֶת

?,revealed to/for=yourself(m) gates death

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Has anyone revealed the gates of death to you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הֲ⁠נִגְל֣וּ לְ֭⁠ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָ֑וֶת

?,revealed to/for=yourself(m) gates death

Yahweh is using the term death by association to mean Sheol, the abode of the dead. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Have the gates of Sheol been revealed to you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הֲ⁠נִגְל֣וּ לְ֭⁠ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָ֑וֶת

?,revealed to/for=yourself(m) gates death

Yahweh is using the term gates, meaning the entrance into Sheol, by association to mean the ability to go freely about in Sheol. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Has anyone shown you how to get into Sheol” or “Have you been able to go about in Sheol”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠שַׁעֲרֵ֖י צַלְמָ֣וֶת תִּרְאֶֽה

and,gates deep_darkness seen

Yahweh is using the term deep darkness by association to mean death and thus, in this context, the abode of the dead. So this question means basically the same thing as the first question in the verse, and you can translate it in the same way. Alternate translation: “Indeed, have you seen how to get into the abode of the dead”

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