Parallel Verses
Amplified
Or darkness, so that you cannot see,
And 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.
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
“Therefore snares surround you,
And sudden dread terrifies and overwhelms you;
Or darkness, so that you cannot see,
And a flood of water covers you.
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
Phrases
Cross References
Lamentations 3:54
The waters ran down on my head;
I said, “I am cut off (destroyed)!”
Psalm 69:1-2
For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck].
Psalm 124:4-5
Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The torrent would have swept over our soul;
Jonah 2:3
“For You cast me into the deep,
Into the [deep] heart of the seas,
And the currents surrounded and engulfed me;
All Your breakers and billowing waves passed over me.
Job 5:14
“In the daytime they meet in darkness,
And at noon they grope as in the night.
Job 18:6
“The light will be dark in his tent,
And his lamp beside him will be put out.
Job 18:18
“He is driven and propelled from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.
Job 19:8
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has set darkness upon my paths.
Job 38:34
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?
Psalm 42:7
Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.
Isaiah 8:22
Then they will look to the earth, they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness and overwhelming night.
Lamentations 3:2
He has led me and made me walk
In darkness and not in light.
Joel 2:2-3
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist,
Like the dawn spread over the mountains;
There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty,
The like of which has never been before
Nor will be again afterward
Even for years of many generations.
Matthew 8:12