Job 22:11
Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
In Context
10For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.
12Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!
Cross References
Job 5:14In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.
Job 18:6The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
Job 19:8My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.
Psalms 42:7\42:6\My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms 69:2\69:1\Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.
Proverbs 4:19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:6-15
Job Accused of Various Crimes. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee,… Read the whole commentary →