King James Version

Job 22:11

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

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אוֹvoalsoאוֹconjunction — “also”H176desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also ifalso, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.חֹ֥שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תִרְאֶ֑הtirehseeרָאָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “see”, an unfinished actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…וְֽשִׁפְעַתveshifatand abundanceשִׁפְעָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and abundance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8229copiousnessabundance, company, multitude.מַ֥יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).תְּכַסֶּֽךָּtekhasekacoverכָּסָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “cover”, an unfinished actionH3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη, κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψε.