Job 22:11
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
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.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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