1. Job 38:17 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 38:17 (Summary)

Job 38:17 (ESV)

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Even deeper than the depths of the sea (Job 38:16) are the depths of death itself. What does a man like Job really know about the state of death?

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