Job 22:11 · KJV
“Or darkness, {that} thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.”
— Job 22:11
Therefore snares {are} round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
{Is} not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! {height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars}
Job 22 — Context
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10Therefore snares {are} round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11Or darkness, {that} thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
12{Is} not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! {height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars}
13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? {How: or, What}
Cross References
Lamentations 3:54
Waters flowed over mine head; {then} I said, I am cut off.
Psalms 69:1-2
[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, {A Psalm} of David.] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto {my} soul.
Jonah 2:3
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. {midst: Heb. heart}
Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 124:4-5
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Psalms 42:7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Joel 2:2-3
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, {even} to the years of many generations. {of many...: Heb. of generation and generation}
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.