Job 12:25
Job chapter 12 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Context
v.24He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
v.25This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 59:10
We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
- Deuteronomy 28:29
and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
- Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.
- Acts 13:11
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
- Isaiah 24:20
The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; 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 at noonday as in the night.