God’s Word Translation
Job 12:25
25They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.
Job 12:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
- New International Version (NIV)They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Context of Job 12:25
23He makes nations important and then destroys them. He makes nations large and leads them away. 24He takes away the common sense of a country’s leaders and makes them stumble about in a pathless wilderness. They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:25 word by word
יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־א֑וֹר וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:25
- Job 5:14In the daytime they meet darkness and grope in the sunlight as if it were night.
- Genesis 19:11Then they struck all the men who were in the doorway of the house, young and old alike, with blindness so that they gave up trying to find the door.
- Deuteronomy 28:29You will grope in broad daylight as blind people grope in their blindness. You won’t be successful in anything you do. As long as you live, you will be oppressed and robbed with no one to rescue you.
- Isaiah 59:10We 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.
- Acts 13:11The Lord is against you now. For a while you will be blind, unable to see the light of day.” Suddenly, Elymas couldn’t see a thing. He tried to find people to lead him.
- 1 John 2:11Those who hate other believers are in the dark and live in the dark. They don’t know where they’re going, because they can’t see in the dark.
- Psalms 107:27They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.
- Isaiah 19:14The Lord mixes up their minds. So they lead the Egyptians astray like a drunk who staggers in his vomit.
- Isaiah 24:20The earth will stumble like a drunk and sway like a shack in the wind. Its disobedience weighs heavy on it. It will fall and not get up again.
Commentaries on Job 12:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25They grope in the dark - The writer seems to have had his eye on those words of Moses, Deuteronomy 28:28, Deuteronomy 28:29; : The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart; and thou shalt Grope At Noonday, as the Blind Gropeth In Darkness. And this also may refer to the unaccountable errors, transgressions, and judicial blindness of the Israelites in their journeying to the promised land: but it will apply also to the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25They grope in the dark - They are like persons who attempt to feel their way along in the dark; compare the notes at Isaiah 59:10. And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man - Margin, “wander.” Their unstable and perplexed counsels are like the reelings of a drunken man; see Isaiah 19:14, note; Isaiah 24:20, note. This closes the chapter, and with it the controversy in regard to the ability to adduce pertinent and striking proverbial expressions…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-25Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Lack of wise advice might have caused the kings to stagger like drunkards (12:17; see Isaiah 19:14). This happened because they experienced God's punishment (Psalm 75:8; Jeremiah 25:15–27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. De 28:29; Psa 107:27 again quote Job, but in a different connection.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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