Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns 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.
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?
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 That's why disaster surrounds you, terror suddenly overwhelms you, 11 you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns you." 12 "Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!
Phrases
Cross References
Lamentations 3:54
Water closed over my head, and I said, "I'm a dead man."
Psalm 69:1-2
Deliver me, God, because the waters are up to my neck.
Psalm 124:4-5
Then the flood waters would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have flooded over us;
Jonah 2:3
You cast me into the deep into the heart of the sea. Flood waters engulfed me. All your breakers and your waves swirled over me.
Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in broad daylight; at noonday they grope around as if it were night.
Job 18:6
Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him.
Job 18:18
He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.
Job 19:8
He blocked my path, so I cannot pass; and he turned out the lights on my pathways.
Job 38:34
"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you?
Psalm 42:7
Deep waters call out to what is deeper still; at the roar of your waterfalls all your breakers and your waves swirled over me.
Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.
Isaiah 8:22
or they'll look toward the earth, but they'll see only distress and darkness, the gloom that comes from anguish, and then they'll be thrown into total darkness."
Lamentations 3:2
He has led me brought me into darkness, not into light.
Joel 2:2-3
A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."
Matthew 8:12
But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."