They grope around in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
Proverbs 4:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don’t know what makes them stumble. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. [John 12:35.] American Standard Version (1901) The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble. Common English Bible The path of the wicked is like deep darkness; they don’t know where they will stumble. Catholic Public Domain Version The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall. |
They grope around in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.
They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at noon as if it were night.
There are thorns and snares on the way of the crooked; the one who guards himself stays far from them.
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at dusk. You wait for light, but he brings darkest gloom and makes total darkness.
Therefore, their way will seem like slippery paths in the gloom. They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.’
Then I will announce to them, “I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!” ,,
But if anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him.’
Jesus answered, ‘The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.
But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
He guards the steps of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.