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15 Their light is withheld from the wicked,
and an uplifted arm is broken.

16 Have you ever traveled to the sources of the sea
or walked around in the dark depths of the ocean?

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:17 The scribes of the Hebrew text consistently spell this word as shadow of death. Many recent translations alter the spelling to a very similar word that means deep darkness. The EHV in many cases retains the traditional reading.