Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you. New Living Translation That is why you cannot see in the darkness, and waves of water cover you. English Standard Version or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. Berean Standard Bible it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. King James Bible Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. New King James Version Or darkness so that you cannot see; And an abundance of water covers you. New American Standard Bible Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And a flood of water covers you. NASB 1995 Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you. NASB 1977 Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you. Legacy Standard Bible Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you. Amplified Bible Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And a flood of water covers you. Christian Standard Bible or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. Holman Christian Standard Bible or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. American Standard Version Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English From where the darkness is, you have not seen, and pouring forth of waters will cover you Brenton Septuagint Translation The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down. Contemporary English Version blinded by darkness, and drowned in a flood. Douay-Rheims Bible And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters? English Revised Version Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation [That is why] darkness surrounds you and you cannot see and a flood of water covers you. Good News Translation It has grown so dark that you cannot see, and a flood overwhelms you. International Standard Version you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns you." JPS Tanakh 1917 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee. Literal Standard Version Or darkness—you do not see, | And abundance of waters covers you. Majority Standard Bible it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. New American Bible Or darkness—you cannot see! A deluge of waters covers you. NET Bible why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you. New Revised Standard Version or darkness so that you cannot see; a flood of water covers you. New Heart English Bible or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you. Webster's Bible Translation Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. World English Bible or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you. Young's Literal Translation Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee. Additional Translations ... Context Eliphaz Exhorts Job…10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you; 11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!… Cross References Job 5:14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night. Job 11:16 For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by. Job 24:18 They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards. Job 38:34 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? Psalm 69:1 Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. Psalm 69:2 I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. Psalm 124:4 then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us, Treasury of Scripture Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you. darkness Job 18:6,18 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him… Job 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. abundance Psalm 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Psalm 69:1,2 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul… Psalm 124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Jump to Previous Abundance Cover Covered Covers Dark Darkened Darkness Flood Floods Light Mass Unable Water WatersJump to Next Abundance Cover Covered Covers Dark Darkened Darkness Flood Floods Light Mass Unable Water WatersJob 22 1. Eliphaz shows that man's goodness profits not God5. He accuses Job of various sins 21. He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy Verse 11. - Or darkness, that thou canst not see. Job had complained of the "darkness" that was "set in his paths" (Job 19:8), meaning probably his inability to discover the cause of his afflictions. And abundance of waters cover thee. The comparison of severe affliction to an overwhelming flood is very common in Scripture (see Psalm 42:7; Psalm 69:1-3, 14, 15; Psalm 124:4, 5; Lamentations 3:54, etc.). So Shakespeare speaks of "a sea of troubles." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew it is so darkחֹ֥שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness you cannot לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no see, תִרְאֶ֑ה (ṯir·’eh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see and a flood וְֽשִׁפְעַת־ (wə·šip̄·‘aṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8229: Abundance, quantity of water מַ֥יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen covers you. תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ (tə·ḵas·se·kā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover Links Job 22:11 NIVJob 22:11 NLT Job 22:11 ESV Job 22:11 NASB Job 22:11 KJV Job 22:11 BibleApps.com Job 22:11 Biblia Paralela Job 22:11 Chinese Bible Job 22:11 French Bible Job 22:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 22:11 Or darkness so that you can not (Jb) |
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