Then you could forget your trouble.\par Your troubles would be like\par water that has passed on by.\par
Job 22:11 - Easy To Read Version That is why it is so dark you can’t see,\par and why a flood of water covers you.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; And abundance of waters cover thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. American Standard Version (1901) Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee. Common English Bible or a darkness that you can’t see; rushing water will cover you. 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters? |
Then you could forget your trouble.\par Your troubles would be like\par water that has passed on by.\par
People will push him away from light\par into the darkness.\par They will chase him out of this world.\par
The light in his house will become dark.\par The lamp next to him will go out.\par
God has blocked my way\par so I can’t go through.\par He has hidden my path in darkness.\par
“But the evil people are taken away\par like things carried away in a flood.\par The land they own is cursed, {\cf2\super [43]} \par so they won’t gather grapes\par from their fields.\par
“Job, can you shout at the clouds\par and command them to cover you\par with rain?\par
Those smart people stumble around\par even in the daytime.\par Even at noon, they are like a person\par who feels his way in the dark.\par
I hear the crashing of the water\par as water from deep in the earth\par spills over the waterfall.\par Lord, your waves are crashing\par all around me and washing over me! {\cf2\super [262]} \par
But bad people are like a dark night. They are lost in the darkness and they fall over things they can’t see.
If they look around them at their land, then they will see only trouble and depressing darkness—the dark sadness of people forced to leave their country. And the people that are trapped in that darkness will not be able to free themselves.
Water came up over my head.\par I said to myself,\par “I am finished.”\par
“You threw me into the sea.\par Your powerful waves splashed over me.\par I went down, down into the deep sea.\par The water was all around me.\par
And those people (the Jews) that should have the kingdom will be thrown out. They will be thrown outside into the darkness. In that place people will cry and grind their teeth \{with pain\}.”