Job 22:11
Modern Translations
New International Version
why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

New Living Translation
That is why you cannot see in the darkness, and waves of water cover you.

English Standard Version
or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Berean Study Bible
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

New American Standard Bible
Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And a flood of water covers you.

NASB 1995
Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you.

NASB 1977
Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you.

Amplified Bible
Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And a flood of water covers you.

Christian Standard Bible
or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Contemporary English Version
blinded by darkness, and drowned in a flood.

Good News Translation
It has grown so dark that you cannot see, and a flood overwhelms you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[That is why] darkness surrounds you and you cannot see and a flood of water covers you.

International Standard Version
you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns you."

NET Bible
why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

New King James Version
Or darkness so that you cannot see; And an abundance of water covers you.

King James 2000 Bible
Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.

New Heart English Bible
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.

World English Bible
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.

American King James Version
Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.

American Standard Version
Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

A Faithful Version
Or darkness, so that you cannot see; and a flood of waters covers you.

Darby Bible Translation
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

English Revised Version
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

Webster's Bible Translation
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, & abundance of waters shal couer thee.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Shuldest thou the se no darcknesse? Shulde not the water floude runne ouer the?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Or darkness—you do not see, "" And abundance of waters covers you.

Young's Literal Translation
Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
Or darkness thou wilt not see; and abundance of waters shall cover thee.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

Catholic Public Domain Version
And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the on-rush of overflowing waters?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
From where the darkness is, you have not seen, and pouring forth of waters will cover you

Lamsa Bible
Where is the darkness, that you cannot see; and the flood of water that covers you?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

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
















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