Holy Scripture
Job 38:17
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“Have the gates of death been opened unto thee, and hast thou seen the gloomy doors? For the 'gates of death' are the adverse powers. Which the Lord descended and opened, because by dying He overcame their strength. Which are by another appellation called the 'gloomy doors,' because while they are not seen, by reason o…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; And did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?
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15And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, And crushed the arm of the proud?
16Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, And walked in the tracks of the deep?
— Job 38:17 —
18And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the whole earth under heaven? Tell me now, what is the extent of it?
19And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? And of what kind is the place of darkness?