the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Job 38:16
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"Have you explored the springs from which the seas come? Have you explored their depths?
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
"Have you ever gone to where the sea begins or walked in the valleys under the sea?
Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
"Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Whethir thou entridist in to the depthe of the see, and walkidist in the laste partis of the occian?
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
Job, have you ever walked on the ocean floor?
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?
"Have you gone down to the springs of the sea or explored the limits of the deep?
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
"Have you ever gone to the deepest parts of the sea? Have you ever walked on the ocean bottom?
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Hast thou entred into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
"Have you gone into the wells of the sea? Have you walked on the bottom of the deep sea?
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?
Have you entered into the depths of the sea? Or have you walked in the foundations of the deep?
Have you been to the springs in the depths of the sea? Have you walked on the floor of the ocean?
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? Or, through the secret recesses of the resounding deep, hast thou wandered?
Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe?
Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?
Have you traveled to the sources of the seaor walked in the depths of the oceans?
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
"Have you entered into the sea's sources? Or have you walked around in the recesses of the deep?
Have you gone to the springs of the sea; or have you walked in searching of the deep?
Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
Camest thou euer into the groude of the see, Or, hast thou walked in ye lowe corners of ye depe?
"Have you ever gotten to the true bottom of things, explored the labyrinthine caves of deep ocean? Do you know the first thing about death? Do you have one clue regarding death's dark mysteries? And do you have any idea how large this earth is? Speak up if you have even the beginning of an answer.
"Have you entered the springs of the sea, And walked in the depth of the ocean?
"Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep?
"Have you entered into the springs of the seaOr walked in the recesses of the deep?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the springs: Psalms 77:19, Proverbs 8:24, Jeremiah 51:36
walked: Job 26:5, Job 26:6
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:20 - to know Job 28:3 - the stones Job 41:32 - deep
Cross-References
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?.... The subterraneous passages through which the waters flow into the sea and supply it; or the springs and fountains that rise up at the bottom of it i; and some tell us of springs of sweet water that rise there, even though the water at the bottom of the sea is saltier than on the surface k: some render it "the drops of the sea" l; hast thou considered them and counted them? art thou able to do it? no: others the "perplexities" of it m, so the Targum, the word being used in this sense, Exodus 14:3; the thickets of it; some speak of woods and forests in it, Exodus 14:3- :; others "rocks" and shelves n, and others the "borders" of it o; and the sense then is, hast thou entered into and travelled through the main ocean, observed the forests in it, the shelving rocks and sandy mountains in it, and gone to the utmost borders of it?
or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? to find out the deepest place of it, where no sounding line can reach p; or walked in quest of the curiosities of it, animals, plants and minerals, unknown to men; or of the riches that lie at the bottom of it, for which now the diving bell is used, but not invented and known in the times of Job; and if Job had not done and could not do all this, how should he be able to enter into the secret springs of Providence, or trace the ways of God, whose way is in the sea, and whose paths are in the great waters, and his footsteps not known? Psalms 77:19.
i According to Dr. Plot, the principal fountains have their origin, and are supplied with water through subterraneous passages from the sea. De Origine Fontium, c. apud Act. Erudit. Lips. A. M. 1685. p. 538. See Gen vii. 11. k Vid. Scheucbzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 4. p. 803. l נבכי ים "guttas maris", Tigurine version, Grotius. m "Perplexitates maris", Munster. n "Scopulos maris", Michaelis "salebrosa maris", Schultens. o So Jarchi. p For though the greatest depth of the sea is said by Fabianus (apud Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 2, c. 102.) to be fifteen furlongs, or near two miles, this must be understood of that part of it which is fathomable and nearer land. But such as those, called Bathea Ponti, the depths of the Pontus, and are almost three hundred furlongs from the continent, they are said (Plin. ib.) to be of an immense depth, and the bottom not to be found. And if the Sardinian sea, the deepest in the Mediterranean (Aristot. Meteorolog. l. 2, c. 1.) is a thousand orgies or fathoms deep, (Posidonius apud Strabo. Geograph. l. 1, p. 37.) that is, one mile and a fifth, what must the depth of the vast ocean be?
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? - The word here rendered “springs” (נבך nêbek), occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. It is rendered by the Vulgate “profunda,” the deep parts; and by the Septuagint πηγὴν pēgēn - “fountains.” The reference seems to be to the deep fountains at the bottom of the sea, which were supposed to supply it with water. A large portion of the water of the ocean is indeed conveyed to it by rivers and streams that run on the surface of the earth. But it is known, also, that there are fountains at the bottom of the ocean, and in some places the amount of water that flows from them is so great, that its action is perceptible at the surface. One such fountain exists in the Atlantic ocean near the coast of Florida.
Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? - Or, rather, in the deep places or caverns of the ocean. The word rendered “search” here (חקר chêqer), means “searching,” investigation, and then an object that is to be searched out, and hence, that which is obscure, remote, hidden. Then it may be applied to the deep caverns of the ocean, or the bottom of the sea. This is to man unsearchable. No line has been found long enough to fathom the ocean, and of course what is there is unknown. It is adduced, therefore, with great propriety as a proof of the wisdom of God, that he could look on the deep caverns of the ocean, and was able to search out all that was there. A sentiment similar to this occurs in Homer, when speaking of Atlas:
Ὅατε θαλάσσης;
Πάσης βένθεα οἷδεν.
Hoate thalassēs;
Pasēs benthea oiden.
Odyssey Job 1:5.
“Who knows the depths of every sea.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 38:16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?] Of these springs, inlets, or outlets of the sea, we know just as much as Job. There was prevalent among philosophers an opinion, that through a porous bottom fresh matter was constantly oozing by which the sea was supplied with new materials. But through such pores these materials might as well ooze out as ooze in.
Walked in the search of the depth? — Hast thou walked from the shallow beach through the great ocean's bed, till thou hast arrived at its profoundest depths? In other words, Dost thou know the depths of the sea? Job, we may presume, did not. No man since him has found them out. In multitudes of places they are unfathomed by any means hitherto used by man.
