Job 22:11
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
King James Version
In Context
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Cross References
Job 5:14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Psalms 69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow 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 →