Job 12:25New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken ma.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They search in darkness without light, and they grope in darkness without understanding; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Let them grope [in] darkness, and [let there be] no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man]. |
They grope
4959 {4959} Primeמשׁשׁmashash{maw-shash'}
A primitive root; to feel of; by implication to grope.
z8762 <8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 2447
in the dark
2822 {2822} Primeחֹשֶׁךְchoshek{kho-shek'}
From H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.
without
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
light,
216 {0216} Primeאוֹר'owr{ore}
From H0215; illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.).
and he maketh them to stagger
8582 {8582} Primeתָּעָהta`ah{taw-aw'}
A primitive root; to vacillate, that is, reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causatively of both.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
like [ a] drunken
7910 {7910} Primeשִׁכּוֹרshikkowr{shik-kore'}
From H7937; intoxicated, as a state or a habit.
[ man]. |
Job 12:25
Grope — Thus are the revolutions of kingdoms brought about by an overruling providence. Heaven and earth are shaken: but the Lord remaineth a king forever. |
- 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].
Isaiah 59:10 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].
Acts 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
1 John 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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- maketh:
Psalms 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.
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