Bible Strands
Job 22:11
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz speaks to Job in his second discourse, describing the sudden peril and surrounding snares that precede divine judgment.
The words — חֹשֶׁךְ (chosek) denotes absolute darkness, while שִׁפְעַת (shif'at) literally means an abundance or flood.
The thread — The flood imagery recurs in Psalms 69:1, Lamentations 3:54, and Jonah 2:3 to depict overwhelming distress.
Why it lands — The text states that visual obstruction and physical submersion occur simultaneously to illustrate inescapable peril, demanding a sober recognition of impending judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Cross-references
- Psalms 69:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
- Lamentations 3:54 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
- Jonah 2:3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
- Job 5:14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
- Job 18:6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
- Job 18:18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
- Job 19:8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
- Job 38:34 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
- Psalms 124:4 then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
- Lamentations 3:2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.