Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Message"Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?"
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.G"Have death's gates been laid bare to you? Have you gazed upon the gates of the tsalmaveth?"
KJV
King James VersionHave the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
BSB
Berean Standard BibleHave the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Footnotes
The *tsalmaveth* (צַלְמָוֶת) — 'shadow of death' or 'deep darkness' — is the very word immortalised in Psalm 23:4: 'though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.' Here YHWH uses it of the underworld's gatehouse, the threshold beyond which no living eye has penetrated. The 'gates of death' and the 'gates of tsalmaveth' are likely parallel images deepening into each other — two thresholds, one leading into another. FOG preserves the Hebrew term to invoke its full resonance across the Psalter; FOG Message renders the traditional 'shadow of death.'