Isaiah 59:10 Parallel Translations

We grope like blind men along a wall. We grope like people without eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. We are like dead people among healthy people.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.

DBY:

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, as they that have no eyes do we grope; we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in dark places like the dead.

WBS:

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

WEB:

We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men.

YLT:

We feel like the blind for the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.

Isaiah 59:10 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 28:29 and you will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you.

Job 5:14 "By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night.

Isaiah 8:14 "Then He shall become a sanctuary; But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 8:15 "Many will stumble over them, Then they will fall and be broken; They will even be snared and caught."

Isaiah 28:13 So the word of the LORD to them will be, "Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there," That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive.

Lamentations 3:6 In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

59:10 We grope for the wall like the {h} blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men].
(h) We are altogether destitute of counsel, and can find no end to our miseries.

WES:

59:10 As dead men - He compares their captivity to men dead without hope of recovery.

MHC:

59:9-15 If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just with God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of those who profess themselves God's people, are worse than the sins of others. And the sins of a nation bring public judgments, when not restrained by public justice. Men may murmur under calamities, but nothing will truly profit while they reject Christ and his gospel.

CONC:

Along Amongst Blind Dark Daylight Dead Desolate Evening Feel Feeling Flourishing Full Grope Lusty Midday Noon Noonday Places Running Strong Stumble Stumbled Twilight Vigor Vigorous Wall Yea Yes

Blind Dark Daylight Dead Desolate Evening Eyes Feeling Full Grope Lusty Midday Night Noon Noonday Places Running Stumble Twilight Vigor Vigorous Wall

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