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job 38:16-30

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Job 38:16-30

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17. Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18. Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 19. Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof, 20. That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof? 21. Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great? 22. Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23. Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24. By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 25. Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26. To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man; 27. To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28. Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29. Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30. The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Job 38:16-30 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 38:16

Theological / Devotional

Springs of the sea. Job is asked whether he has been where the sea has its source.

Depth. The unexplored caverns at the bottom of the sea are unknown and unexplored by Job.

By SdaBc