They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
Job 5:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They meet with darkness in the daytime, And grope in the noonday as in the night. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the daytime they meet in darkness, and at noon they grope as in the night. American Standard Version (1901) They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night. Common English Bible They encounter darkness during the day, and at noon they fumble about as at night. Catholic Public Domain Version They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night. |
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
they will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up their shoots, and their blossom will be swept away by the wind.
Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures; a fire fanned by no one will devour them; what is left in their tent will be consumed.
“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways and do not stay in its paths.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.”
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was dense darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
We grope like the blind along a wall, groping like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among the vigorous as though we were dead.
On that day, says the Lord God, I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
you shall grope about at noon as blind people grope in darkness, but you shall be unable to find your way, and you shall be continually abused and robbed, without anyone to help.