Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards. New Living Translation They grope in the darkness without a light. He makes them stagger like drunkards. English Standard Version They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man. Berean Standard Bible They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards. King James Bible They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. New King James Version They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. New American Standard Bible “They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken person. NASB 1995 “They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. NASB 1977 “They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. Legacy Standard Bible They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them wander about like a drunken man. Amplified Bible “They grope in darkness without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.” Christian Standard Bible They grope around in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard. Holman Christian Standard Bible They grope around in darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunken men. American Standard Version They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They will search in darkness and not in the light, and they will grope in the darkness and not the light, and he inebriates them like drunkards Brenton Septuagint Translation Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, and let them wander as a drunken man. Contemporary English Version lost in the dark, staggering like someone drunk. Douay-Rheims Bible They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk. English Revised Version They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. GOD'S WORD® Translation They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks. Good News Translation they grope in the dark and stagger like drunkards. International Standard Version They grope in the dark without light; he causes them to stagger around like a drunkard." JPS Tanakh 1917 They grope in the dark without light, And He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Literal Standard Version They feel darkness, and not light, | He causes them to wander as a drunkard.” Majority Standard Bible They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards. New American Bible They grope in the darkness without light; he makes them wander like drunkards. NET Bible They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards. New Revised Standard Version They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard. New Heart English Bible They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man. Webster's Bible Translation They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. World English Bible They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man. Young's Literal Translation They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Responds to Zophar…24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards. Cross References Job 5:14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night. Job 18:6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out. Psalm 107:27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless. Isaiah 24:20 The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth's rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. Treasury of Scripture They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man. grope Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. Genesis 19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. Deuteronomy 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. maketh Psalm 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. Isaiah 19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. Isaiah 24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. stagger. Jump to Previous Causeth Dark Darkness Drunkard Drunkards Drunken Feel Feeling Grope Help Light Makes Maketh Overcome Stagger Wander Wandering WineJump to Next Causeth Dark Darkness Drunkard Drunkards Drunken Feel Feeling Grope Help Light Makes Maketh Overcome Stagger Wander Wandering WineJob 12 1. Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him7. He acknowledges the doctrine of God's omnipotence Verse 25. - They grope in the dark without light (comp. Job 5:14 and Deuteronomy 28:29). And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man; literally, to wander - to pursue a devious course instead of a straight one.
Hebrew They gropeיְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־ (yə·maš·šū-) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4959: To feel of, to grope in darkness חֹ֥שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness with no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no light; א֑וֹר (’ō·wr) Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary He makes them stagger וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם (way·yaṯ·‘êm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray like drunkards. כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ (kaš·šik·kō·wr) Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7910: Intoxicated, as a, state, a habit Links Job 12:25 NIVJob 12:25 NLT Job 12:25 ESV Job 12:25 NASB Job 12:25 KJV Job 12:25 BibleApps.com Job 12:25 Biblia Paralela Job 12:25 Chinese Bible Job 12:25 French Bible Job 12:25 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light (Jb) |