Job 5:14
“They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope in the noone day as in the night.”
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Job 5:14 Context
12Hee disappointeth the deuices of the craftie, so that their hands cannot performe their enterprise. 13He taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse: and the counsell of the froward is caried headlong. 14They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope in the noone day as in the night. 15But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mightie. 16So the poore hath hope, and iniquitie stoppeth her mouth.
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Other Translations for Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
- King James Version
"By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
- American Standard Version (1901)
In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.
- Basic English Bible
They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
- Darby Bible
They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night.
- Webster's Bible
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
- World English Bible
By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 5:14
5:14 Meet - In plain things they run into gross mistakes, and chuse those courses which are worst for themselves. Darkness often notes misery, but here ignorance or error. Grope - Like blind men to find their way, not knowing what to do.