Job 5:14
What does Job 5:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 5:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862By day they meet darkness, And as night--they grope at noon.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
- Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
- Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
- 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.
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