Job 38:16
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Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

the springs

Psalm 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known.

Proverbs 8:24 The mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been established: before the hills, I was brought forth:

Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, I and will dry up her spring.

walked

Job 26:5,6 Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them. . . .

Context
God Challenges Job
15From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken. 16Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?17Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?…
Cross References
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened:

Genesis 8:2
The fountains also of the deep, and the floodgates of heaven, were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

Job 9:8
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

Proverbs 8:24
The mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been established: before the hills, I was brought forth:

Proverbs 8:28
When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the foundations of the earth;

Lexicon
Have you journeyed
הֲ֭בָאתָ (hă·ḇā·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the vents
נִבְכֵי־ (niḇ·ḵê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5033: A fountain

of the sea
יָ֑ם (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

or walked
הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ (hiṯ·hal·lā·ḵə·tā)
Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

in the trenches
וּבְחֵ֥קֶר (ū·ḇə·ḥê·qer)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2714: A searching, a thing (to be) searched out

of the deep?
תְּ֝ה֗וֹם (tə·hō·wm)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8415: An abyss, the deep


Additional Translations
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth?

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

Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?

Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

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

Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
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