JOB 12:25

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

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Job 12:25 Translation & Meaning

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They grope יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ To feel of; by implication, to grope grope
in the dark חֹ֥שֶׁךְ The dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness dark
without וְלֹא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles without
light, א֑וֹר Illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) light
and he maketh them to stagger וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם To vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both maketh stagger
like drunken כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ Intoxicated, as a state or a habit like drunken
a (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
man. (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)

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  • 23  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

  • 24  He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

  • 25  They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.




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