Job 22:11
That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
In Context
10That's why you're surrounded by traps to catch you, and why you suddenly panic in terror.
12Doesn't God live high in heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
Cross References
Job 5:14In the daytime they're in the dark, and they stumble around at noon like it's night.
Job 18:6The light in their home goes out, the lamp hanging above is extinguished.
Job 19:8God has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.
Psalms 42:7You thunder through the raging waters, through the noise of the waterfalls. Your crashing waves surge over me—I feel like I'm drowning.
Psalms 69:2I'm sinking deeper into the mud—there's no solid ground for me to stand. I find myself in deep water; floods wash over me.
Proverbs 4:19But the way of life of the wicked is like complete darkness; they don't even know what they're tripping over.
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 →