Job 22:11
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
In Context
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,
12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
Cross References
Job 5:14They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 42:7(42-8) Deep calleth unto deep at the voice of Thy cataracts; all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me.
Psalms 69:2(69-3) I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
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 →