JOB 22:11 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη, κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψε.
(To fōs soi skotos apebaʸ, koimaʸthenta de hudōr se ekalupse. )

BrTr The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.

UST And so you do not know what to do, as if it had become very dark and you could not see anything.
⇔ You cannot solve your problems; it is as if you were drowning in a flood of water.

OEB Thy light is vanished in darkness,
⇔ And floods of waters are over thee.

WEBBE or darkness, so that you can not see,
⇔ and floods of waters cover you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET why it is so dark you cannot see,
⇔ and why a flood of water covers you.

LSV Or darkness—you do not see,
And abundance of waters covers you.

FBV That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.[fn]

22:11 Literally, “the abundance of water covers you.”

T4T It is as though it has become very dark, with the result that you cannot see anything,
⇔ and it is as though [MET] a flood covers you.

LEB • it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

BBE Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

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JPS Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

ASV Or darkness, so that thou canst not see,
⇔ And abundance of waters cover thee.

DRA And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

YLT Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

Drby Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

RV Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

Wbstr Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

KJB-1769 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
(Or darkness, that thou/you canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee/you. )

KJB-1611 Or darkenes that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters couer thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee?
(Shouldest thou/you then see no darkness? should not the water fludde run over thee/you?)

Gnva Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
(Or darkness that thou/you should not see, and abundance of waters shall cover thee/you. )

Cvdl Shuldest thou the se no darcknesse? Shulde not the water floude runne ouer the?
(Shuldest thou/you the see no darknessse? Should not the water floude run over the?)

Wycl And thou gessidist, that thou schuldist not se derknessis; and that thou schuldist not be oppressid with the fersnesse of watris flowyng.
(And thou/you gessidist, that thou/you should not see darkness; and that thou/you should not be oppressed with the fersnesse of waters flowyng.)

Luth Solltest du denn nicht die Finsternis sehen, und die Wasserflut dich nicht bedecken?
(Solltest you because not the darkness see, and the waterflut you/yourself not cover?)

ClVg Et putabas te tenebras non visurum, et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri?[fn]
(And putabas you(sg) tenebras not/no visurum, and impetu waterrum inundantium not/no oppressum iri? )

22.11 Et putabas te. Quasi diceret, etc., usque ad sicut unda super undam.

22.11 And putabas you(sg). Quasi diceret, etc., until to like unda over undam.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אוֹ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶ֑ה

or darkness not you(ms)_will_see

Eliphaz is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “And that is why you are in darkness and cannot see”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אוֹ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶ֑ה

or darkness not you(ms)_will_see

Eliphaz is speaking as if Job were literally in darkness and could not see anything. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And that is why your troubles are so great that you do not know what to do about them”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְֽ⁠שִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽ⁠ךָּ

and,flood waters covers,you

Eliphaz is speaking as if Job were literally engulfed in deep waters. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Yes, that is why you feel completely overwhelmed”

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