Job 12:25

Job chapter 12 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They 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.