“Since [Eliphaz] had said that [Job] had sinned not mildly or, so to speak, with feeble strength but greatly and with much force, he now fervently invokes revenge against him, so that it may appear that the crime and the revenge are weighed for him at the same time. "And a sudden terror overwhelms you." Another version…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 22:10-11
Original
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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In context
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
— Job 22:11 —
12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?