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Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
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Symbols of Calamity
Commentators explain that Eliphaz uses powerful biblical metaphors to describe Job's suffering. 'Darkness' signifies a calamity so total that one cannot see, representing confusion and despair. 'Abundance of waters' symbolizes afflictions that are numerous, forceful, and completely overwhelming, like a drowning flood.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or darkness: Darkness and night in the Scriptures are emblems of calamity.
That you cannot see: Deep and fearful darkness; tot…
19th Century
Anglican
Snares ... about you. —That is, Fear troubles you, or darkness, etc.
“If darkness and an abundance of waters cover…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Or darkness, [that] you canst not see Or darkness is round about you, you are enveloped in it; meaning either judici…
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Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was afflicted as he supposed God always afflicted ev…
13th Century
Catholic
When the blessed Job had finished speaking, Eliphaz did not understand his words according to their intended meaning. Indeed, when Job first spoke …
