Job 22:11
And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
In Context
10Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.
12Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?
Cross References
Job 5:14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
Job 19:8He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.
Psalms 42:7and my God. My soul is troubled within myself : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and Hermoniim, from the little hill.
Psalms 69:2SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they 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 →