Job 12:25 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

YLT:

They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

Job 12:25 Cross References

XREF:

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

Isaiah 24:20 The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

12:25 Grope - Thus are the revolutions of kingdoms brought about by an overruling providence. Heaven and earth are shaken: but the Lord remaineth a king forever.

MHC:

12:12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He gives many instances of God's powerful management of the children of men, overruling all their counsels, and overcoming all their oppositions. Having all strength and wisdom, God knows how to make use, even of those who are foolish and bad; otherwise there is so little wisdom and so little honesty in the world, that all had been in confusion and ruin long ago. These important truths were suited to convince the disputants that they were out of their depth in attempting to assign the Lord's reasons for afflicting Job; his ways are unsearchable, and his judgments past finding out. Let us remark what beautiful illustrations there are in the word of God, confirming his sovereignty, and wisdom in that sovereignty: but the highest and infinitely the most important is, that the Lord Jesus was crucified by the malice of the Jews; and who but the Lord could have known that this one event was the salvation of the world?

CONC:

Causeth Dark Darkness Drunkard Drunkards Drunken Feel Feeling Grope Makes Maketh Overcome Stagger Wander Wandering Wine

Causeth Dark Darkness Drunkard Drunkards Drunken Feel Feeling Grope Help Light Makes Maketh Overcome Stagger Wander Wandering Wine

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