Job 22:11
Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.
Noyes Bible
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 fear confoundeth thee;
12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the stars, how high they are!
Cross References
Job 5:14They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
Job 18:6Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.
Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 42:7Deep calleth for deep at the noise of thy waterfalls; All thy waves and billows have gone over me!
Psalms 69:2I sink in deep mire, where is no standing; I have come into deep waters, and the waves flow over me.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as thick 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 →