Job 38:16

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

"Have you gone down to the springs of the sea or explored the limits of the deep?

Berean Standard Bible:

Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Hast thou entered{H935} into the springs{H5033} of the sea{H3220}? or hast thou walked{H1980} in the search{H2714} of the depth{H8415}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Proverbs 8:24

  • When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.

Psalms 77:19

  • Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

Job 26:5

  • ¶ Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

Job 26:6

  • Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Jeremiah 51:36

  • Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

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Commentary for Job 38:16

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H935
    There are 2307 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בּוֹא
    Transliteration: bôwʼ
    Pronunciation: bo
    Description: a primitive root; to 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, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  2. Strong's Number: H5033
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֵבֶךְ
    Transliteration: nêbek
    Pronunciation: nay'-bek
    Description: from an unused root meaning to burst forth; a fountain; spring.
  3. Strong's Number: H3220
    There are 339 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָם
    Transliteration: yâm
    Pronunciation: yawm
    Description: from an unused root meaning to roar; a 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 south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
  4. Strong's Number: H1980
    There are 468 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הָלַךְ
    Transliteration: hâlak
    Pronunciation: haw-lak'
    Description: akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to 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] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
  5. Strong's Number: H2714
    There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֵקֶר
    Transliteration: chêqer
    Pronunciation: khay'-ker
    Description: from חָקַר; examination, enumeration, deliberation; finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
  6. Strong's Number: H8415
    There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: תְּהוֹם
    Transliteration: tᵉhôwm
    Pronunciation: teh-home'
    Description: or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from הוּם; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply); deep (place), depth.