Job 22:11
What does Job 22:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 22:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Or darkness--thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 8:22
and they shall look unto the earth, and, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.
- Job 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
- Psalms 42:7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
- Psalms 124:4
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
- Lamentations 3:2
He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
- Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
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