Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Or darkness thou wilt not see; and abundance of waters shall cover thee.
New American Standard Bible
And an
King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Holman Bible
and a flood of water covers you.
International Standard Version
you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns you."
A Conservative Version
or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
American Standard Version
Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
Amplified
Or darkness, so that you cannot see,
And a flood of water covers you.
Bible in Basic English
Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.
Darby Translation
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
King James 2000
Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
or [it is so] dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Modern King James verseion
or darkness, so that you cannot see; and a flood of waters covers you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Shouldest thou then see no darkness? Should not the water flood run over thee?
NET Bible
why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
New Heart English Bible
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
The Emphasized Bible
Or darkness - thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
10 For this, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear will terrify thee; 11 Or darkness thou wilt not see; and abundance of waters shall cover thee. 12 Is not God high in the heavens? and see the head of the stars for they were lifted up.
Phrases
Cross References
Lamentations 3:54
Waters were spread over my head; I said I was cut off.
Psalm 69:1-2
To the overseer upon the lilies; to David. Save me, O God, for the waters came even to the soul.
Psalm 124:4-5
Then the waters overflowed us, the torrent passed over our soul:
Jonah 2:3
And thou wilt cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas; and the river will surround me: all thy breakers and thy waves passed over me.
Job 5:14
The days they will meet darkness, and they will grope in the noon day as night
Job 18:6
The light was darkened in his tent, and his lamp shall be extinguished for him.
Job 18:18
They shall drive him out of light into darkness, and they shall exclude him from the habitable globe.
Job 19:8
He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.
Job 38:34
Wilt thou lift up thy voice to the cloud, and abundance of waters shall cover thee?
Psalm 42:7
Deep calling to deep at the voice of thy cataracts: all thy breakers and thy waves passed over me.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the unjust as darkness: they shall not know in what they shall stumble.
Isaiah 8:22
And they shall look to the earth, and behold, straits and darkness and fainting of distress; and to darkness being removed.
Lamentations 3:2
He led me and he brought darkness and not light
Joel 2:2-3
A day of darkness and of thick darkness; a day of cloud and gloom as the morning spread upon the mountains: great and strong people; the like to him was not from forever, and after him there shall not be added even to the years of generation and generation.
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.