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Job 12:25

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

KJV

palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.

Vulgate

ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς, πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων.

LXX

They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

ASV

יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְ/לֹא א֑וֹר וַ֝/יַּתְעֵ֗/ם כַּ/שִּׁכּֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 51×
מְמַשֵּׁ֣שׁ
mmshsh
verb · 9×
שִׁכּ֔וֹר
shkvr
adjective · 13×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 19:14 — The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
  • Isa 19:14 — The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
  • Isa 24:20 — The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
  • Job 5:14 — They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
  • Job 5:14 — They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
  • Prov 4:19 — The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Ps 107:27 — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
  • Ps 107:27 — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.