Isaiah 59:10
Strong's Lexicon
Like the blind,
כַֽעִוְרִים֙ (ḵa·‘iw·rîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5787: 1) blind 1a) blind (physically) 1b) blind (fig.)

we feel our way along
נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה (nə·ḡaš·šāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1659: 1) to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel 1a) (Piel) to grope, grope for, feel with the hand

the wall,
קִ֔יר (qîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7023: 1) wall, side 1a) wall (of house or chamber) 1b) the sides (of the altar)

groping
נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה (nə·ḡaš·šê·šāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1659: 1) to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel 1a) (Piel) to grope, grope for, feel with the hand

like those without
וּכְאֵ֥ין (ū·ḵə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

eyes.
עֵינַ֖יִם (‘ê·na·yim)
Noun - cd
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

We stumble
כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ (kā·šal·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3782: 1) to stumble, stagger, totter 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stumble 1a2) to totter 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to stumble 1b2) to be tottering, be feeble 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to stumble, bring injury or ruin to, overthrow 1c2) to make feeble, make weak 1d) (Hophal) to be made to stumble 1e) (Piel) bereave

at midday
בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ (ḇaṣ·ṣā·ho·ra·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6672: n m 1) noon, midday 1a) noon (as specific time of day) 1b) noon (in simile as bright of happiness, blessing) n f 2) roof 2a) meaning dubious

as in the twilight;
כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף (kan·ne·šep̄)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5399: 1) twilight 1a) evening twilight 1b) morning twilight

among the vigorous
בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים (bā·’aš·man·nîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 820: 1) the stout, among the stout 2) (CLBL) the desolate, like dead

we are like the dead.
כַּמֵּתִֽים׃ (kam·mê·ṯîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

Young's Literal Translation
We feel like the blind [for] the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We grope along a wall like the blind; we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though it were twilight; we are like the dead among those who are healthy.

New American Standard Bible
We grope along the wall like blind men, We grope like those who have no eyes; We stumble at midday as in the twilight, Among those who are vigorous [we are] like dead men.

King James Bible
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

New Living Translation
We grope like the blind along a wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. Even at brightest noontime, we stumble as though it were dark. Among the living, we are like the dead.

English Standard Version
We grope for the wall like the blind; we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men.

New American Standard Bible
We grope along the wall like blind men, We grope like those who have no eyes; We stumble at midday as in the twilight, Among those who are vigorous we are like dead men.

King James Bible
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We grope along a wall like the blind; we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though it were twilight; we are like the dead among those who are healthy.

International Standard Version
Let's grope along the wall like the blind; let us grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as if it were twilight, in desolate places like dead people.

NET Bible
We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.

American Standard Version
We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

English Revised Version
We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

Young's Literal Translation
We feel like the blind for the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.
















Cross References
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.

Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Isaiah 8:14
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 8:15
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Isaiah 28:13
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Lamentations 3:6
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

Lamentations 4:14
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

Ezekiel 21:15
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

Micah 3:6
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
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