Those leaders are like a person\par feeling his way in the dark.\par They are like a drunk person\par who doesn’t know where he is going.”\par
Job 5:14 - Easy To Read Version Those smart people stumble around\par even in the daytime.\par Even at noon, they are like a person\par who feels his way in the dark.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Those leaders are like a person\par feeling his way in the dark.\par They are like a drunk person\par who doesn’t know where he is going.”\par
The evil person won’t escape the darkness.\par He will be like a tree\par whose leaves die from disease\par and a wind blows them all away.\par
People will push him away from light\par into the darkness.\par They will chase him out of this world.\par
All his treasures will be destroyed.\par A fire will destroy him—\par A fire that no human started.\par The fire will destroy everything\par left in his house.\par
That is why it is so dark you can’t see,\par and why a flood of water covers you.\par
“Some people rebel against the light.\par They don’t know what God wants.\par They don’t live the way God wants.\par
Evil people don’t like the daylight.\par When it shines bright, it stops them\par from doing their bad things.\par
Then the Lord told Moses, “Raise your arm into the air and darkness will cover Egypt. It will be so dark you can feel it!”
So Moses raised his arm into the air and a cloud of darkness covered Egypt. The darkness stayed in Egypt for three days.
But bad people are like a dark night. They are lost in the darkness and they fall over things they can’t see.
We are like people without eyes.\par We walk into walls like blind people.\par We stumble and fall like it is night.\par Even in the daylight we can’t see.\par At noontime we fall like dead men.\par
The Lord also said these things:\par “At that time I will cause the sun\par to go down at noon.\par I will make the earth dark on a clear day.\par
In daylight, you will have to feel your way like a blind man. You will fail in everything you do. Again and again people will hurt you and steal things from you. And there will not be anyone to save you.