Job 5:14New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope in the noone day as in the night.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They handle things in the daytime as though they were in darkness, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. |
They meet
6298 {6298} Primeפָּגַשׁpagash{paw-gash'}
A primitive root; to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively to concur.
z8762 <8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 2447
with darkness
2822 {2822} Primeחֹשֶׁךְchoshek{kho-shek'}
From H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.
in the daytime,
3119 {3119} Primeיוֹמָםyowmam{yo-mawm'}
From H3117; daily.
and 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 noonday
6672 {6672} Primeצֹהַרtsohar{tso'-har}
From H6671; a light (that is, window); dual double light, that is, noon.
as in the night.
3915 {3915} Primeלַיִלlayil{lah'-yil}
From the same as H3883; properly a twist (away of the light), that is, night; figuratively adversity. |
Job 5:14
Meet — In plain things they run into gross mistakes, and chuse those courses which are worst for themselves. Darkness often notes misery, but here ignorance or error. Grope — Like blind men to find their way, not knowing what to do. |
Job 5:14
They meet with (n) darkness in the daytime, and (o) grope in the noonday as in the night.
(n) In things plain and evident they show themselves fools instead of wise men.
(o) This declares that God punishes the worldly wise as he threatened in (Deuteronomy 28:29). |
- darkness:
Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
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].
Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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].
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:
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