Parallel Verses
NET Bible
why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
Or darkness thou wilt not see; and abundance of waters shall 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?
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 That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you, 11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you. 12 "Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!
Phrases
Cross References
Lamentations 3:54
The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.
Psalm 69:1-2
For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.
Psalm 124:4-5
The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.
Jonah 2:3
You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.
Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.
Job 18:6
The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.
Job 18:18
He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
Job 38:34
Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
Psalm 42:7
One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.
Isaiah 8:22
When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.
Lamentations 3:2
He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.
Joel 2:2-3
It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army -- there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!
Matthew 8:12
but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."