Job 22:11
Or seest thou not the darkness? and the abundance of water which covereth thee?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
In Context
10Therefore are snares round about thee, and sudden dread terrifieth thee.
Cross References
Job 5:14By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
Job 18:6The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.
Job 19:8My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.
Psalms 42:7(42:8) Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: all thy waves and thy billows have passed over me.
Psalms 69:2(69:3) I am sunk in the mire of the deep, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of the waters, and the flood overfloweth me.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against 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 →