Job 22:11 | NET2full | STEP | why it is so dark you cannot see , and why a flood of water covers you.

‏ Job 22:11

11 why it is so dark you cannot see, ^{▼▼tn Heb “or dark you cannot see.” Some commentators and the RSV follow the LXX in reading אוֹ (ʾo, “or”) as אוֹר (ʾor, “light”) and translate it “The light has become dark” or “Your light has become dark.” A. B. Davidson suggests the reading “Or seest thou not the darkness.” This would mean Job does not understand the true meaning of the darkness and the calamities.}
and why a flood ^{▼▼tn The word שִׁפְעַת (shifʿat) means “multitude of.” It is used of men, camels, horses, and here of waters in the heavens.} of water covers you.