Job 22:11
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
In Context
10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Cross References
Job 5:14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
Job 18:6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
Psalms 69:2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them 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 →