Job 22:11
Or darkness—you do not see, || And abundance of waters covers you.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
In Context
10Therefore snares [are] all around you, || And sudden fear troubles you.
12Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, || That they are high.
Cross References
Job 5:14By day they meet darkness, || And as night—they grope at noon.
Job 18:6The light has been dark in his tent, || And his lamp over him is extinguished.
Job 19:8He hedged up my way, and I do not pass over, || And He places darkness on my paths.
Psalms 42:7Deep is calling to deep || At the noise of Your waterspouts, || All Your breakers and Your billows passed over me.
Psalms 69:2I have sunk in deep mire, || And there is no standing, || I have come into the depths of the waters, || And a flood has overflown me.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, || They have not known 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 →