Verse 25

{ "verseID": "Job.12.25", "source": "יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־א֑וֹר וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃", "text": "*yəmaššû-ḥōšek* *wə-lōʾ-ʾôr* *wa-yatʿēm* *ka-ššikkôr*", "grammar": { "*yəmaššû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they grope", "*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*wə-lōʾ-ʾôr*": "conjunction + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - and not light", "*wa-yatʿēm*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he makes them wander", "*ka-ššikkôr*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the drunkard" }, "variants": { "*yəmaššû*": "grope/feel about", "*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity", "*ʾôr*": "light/daylight", "*yatʿēm*": "makes them wander/causes them to stray", "*šikkôr*": "drunkard/intoxicated person" } }

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De famler i mørket uten lys; han får dem til å oppføre seg som om de var ute av stand til å tenke.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De famler i mørket uten lys, og han får dem til å vakle som en drukken mann.

• Norsk King James

  De famler i mørket uten lys, og han får dem til å vakle som en beruset mann.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  så de famler i mørket uten lys, han lar dem flakke omkring som en drukken mann.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De famler i mørket uten lys, han lar dem vaie som en drukken mann.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De famler i mørket uten lys, og han får dem til å vakle som en drukken mann.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De famler i mørket uten lys, og han får dem til å snuble som en beruset.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  De famler i mørket uten lys, og han får dem til å vakle som en drukken mann.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De famler i mørket uten lys, og han lar dem flakke omkring som en beruset.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De famler i mørket uten lys; han lar dem gå vill som berusede.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  at de skulle føle sig for i Mørket, hvor intet Lys er, og han gjør, at de fare vild som den Drukne.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De famler i mørket uten lys, og han får dem til å vakle som en drukken mann.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De famler i mørket uten lys. Han får dem til å vakle som en drukken mann.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De famler i mørke uten lys, han lar dem villfar som en drukken mann.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De famler i mørket uten lys; og han får dem til å sjangle som en full mann.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De famler i mørket uten lys, vandrende uten hjelp som de fulle av vin.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and grope in the darke without light, stackeringe to and fro like droncken men.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken ma.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

Referenced Verses

• Job 5:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Job.5.14", "source": "יוֹמָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃", "text": "*yōmām* *yəfaggəšû*-*ḥōšek* *wə*-like-the-*laylāh* *yəmaššəšû* in-the-*ṣāhŏrāyim*", "grammar": { "*yōmām*": "adverb - by day/daytime", "*yəfaggəšû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they meet/encounter", "*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*laylāh*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed comparative particle - like the night", "*yəmaššəšû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they grope", "*ṣāhŏrāyim*": "noun, masculine dual with definite article - the noonday" }, "variants": { "*yōmām*": "by day/daytime", "*yəfaggəšû*": "meet/encounter/run into", "*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity", "*laylāh*": "night", "*yəmaššəšû*": "grope/feel about", "*ṣāhŏrāyim*": "noonday/midday" } }
• Ps 107:27 : 27 { "verseID": "Psalms.107.27", "source": "יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭יָנוּעוּ כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְכָל־חָ֝כְמָתָ֗ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע", "text": "*yāḥôggû* and-*yānûʿû* like-the-*šikkôr* and-all-*ḥokmātām* *titballāʿ*", "grammar": { "*yāḥôggû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they reel", "*yānûʿû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with prefixed conjunction waw - and they stagger", "*šikkôr*": "adjective/noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition kaf and definite article - like the drunk/drunkard", "*ḥokmātām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed kol and conjunction waw - and all their wisdom/skill", "*titballāʿ*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it is swallowed up" }, "variants": { "*yāḥôggû*": "they reel/stagger/are dizzy", "*yānûʿû*": "they stagger/totter/wander", "*šikkôr*": "drunk/drunkard/intoxicated person", "*ḥokmātām*": "their wisdom/skill/expertise", "*titballāʿ*": "it is swallowed up/engulfed/consumed" } }
• Isa 19:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Isaiah.19.14", "source": "יְהוָ֛ה מָסַ֥ךְ בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּ ר֣וּחַ עִוְעִ֑ים וְהִתְע֤וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר בְּקִיאֽוֹ׃", "text": "*YHWH* *māsaḵ* in-*qirbbāh* *rûaḥ* *ʿiwʿîm* and-*hiṯʿû* *et*-*Miṣrayim* in-all-*maʿăśēhû* like-*hittāʿôṯ* *šikkôr* in-*qîʾô*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh", "*māsaḵ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has mixed/poured", "*qirbbāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her midst", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - spirit of", "*ʿiwʿîm*": "noun, masculine plural - distortion/perversion", "*hiṯʿû*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they have led astray", "*et*": "direct object marker", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun, masculine dual/plural - Egypt", "*maʿăśēhû*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its work", "*hittāʿôṯ*": "verb, hithpael infinitive construct - staggering of", "*šikkôr*": "adjective, masculine singular - drunken man", "*qîʾô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his vomit" }, "variants": { "*māsaḵ*": "has mixed/poured/infused/mingled", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/wind/breath", "*ʿiwʿîm*": "distortion/perversion/confusion/dizziness", "*hiṯʿû*": "they have led astray/caused to err/misled/deceived", "*maʿăśēhû*": "its work/deed/action/task", "*hittāʿôṯ*": "staggering of/reeling of/stumbling of", "*šikkôr*": "drunken man/drunkard/intoxicated person", "*qîʾô*": "his vomit/what he throws up" } }
• Isa 24:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Isaiah.24.20", "source": "נ֣וֹעַ תָּנ֤וּעַ אֶ֙רֶץ֙ כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹר וְהִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖ה כַּמְּלוּנָ֑ה וְכָבַ֤ד עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ פִּשְׁעָ֔הּ וְנָפְלָ֖ה וְלֹא־תֹסִ֥יף קֽוּם׃", "text": "*nôaʿ* *tānûaʿ* *ʾereṣ* like-the-*šikkôr* and-*hitnôdədāh* like-the-*məlûnāh* and-*kābad* upon-her *pišʿāh* and-*nāpəlāh* and-not-*tōsîp* *qûm*", "grammar": { "*nôaʿ*": "Qal infinitive absolute - reeling", "*tānûaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she reels", "*ʾereṣ*": "common noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*šikkôr*": "adjective, masculine singular with preposition כ and definite article - like the drunkard", "*hitnôdədāh*": "Hithpoel perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with conjunction ו - and she sways", "*məlûnāh*": "common noun, feminine singular with preposition כ and definite article - like the hut/lodge", "*kābad*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with conjunction ו - and is heavy", "עָלֶ֙יהָ֙": "preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - upon her", "*pišʿāh*": "common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her transgression", "*nāpəlāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with conjunction ו - and she falls", "*tōsîp*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with negation לֹא - she will not add/continue", "*qûm*": "Qal infinitive construct - to rise" }, "variants": { "*nôaʿ tānûaʿ*": "reels to and fro/staggers exceedingly/sways violently", "*šikkôr*": "drunkard/drunk person", "*hitnôdədāh*": "sways/totters/staggers", "*məlûnāh*": "hut/lodge/watchman's booth", "*kābad*": "is heavy/weighs heavily/is burdensome", "*pišʿāh*": "her transgression/her rebellion/her sin", "*nāpəlāh*": "she falls/she collapses", "*tōsîp qûm*": "will not rise again/will not get up anymore" } }
• Isa 59:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Isaiah.59.10", "source": "נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה כַֽעִוְרִים֙ קִ֔יר וּכְאֵ֥ין עֵינַ֖יִם נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים כַּמֵּתִֽים׃", "text": "*Nəgaššāšāh* like-*ʿiwrîm* *qîr* and-like-none *ʿênayim* *nəgaššēšāh* *kāšalnû* in-*ṣṣāhŏrayim* like-*neešep* in-*ʾašmannîm* like-*mētîm*", "grammar": { "*Nəgaššāšāh*": "verb, piel imperfect, 1st plural cohortative - we grope/feel our way", "*ʿiwrîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - blind (people)", "*qîr*": "noun, masculine singular - wall", "*ʿênayim*": "noun, feminine dual - eyes", "*nəgaššēšāh*": "verb, piel imperfect, 1st plural cohortative - we grope/feel our way", "*kāšalnû*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st plural - we stumble/stagger", "*ṣṣāhŏrayim*": "noun, masculine dual - noon/midday", "*neešep*": "noun, masculine singular - twilight/dusk", "*ʾašmannîm*": "noun, masculine plural - fat/fertile places", "*mētîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - dead (people)" }, "variants": { "*Nəgaššāšāh*": "we grope/feel our way/seek by touch", "*ʿiwrîm*": "blind (people)", "*qîr*": "wall/side", "*nəgaššēšāh*": "we grope/feel our way/seek by touch", "*kāšalnû*": "we stumble/stagger/totter", "*ṣṣāhŏrayim*": "noon/midday/noonday brightness", "*neešep*": "twilight/dusk/darkness", "*ʾašmannîm*": "fat places/fertile fields/desolate places", "*mētîm*": "dead (people)/corpses" } }
• Acts 13:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Acts.13.11", "source": "Καὶ νῦν, ἰδού, χεὶρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ ἔσῃ τυφλός, μὴ βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον ἄχρι καιροῦ. Παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἀχλὺς καὶ σκότος· καὶ περιάγων ἐζήτει χειραγωγούς.", "text": "And now, *idou*, *cheir* of the *Kyriou* upon you, and *esē* *typhlos*, not *blepōn* the *hēlion* until *kairou*. *Parachrēma* *de* *epepesen* upon him *achlys* and *skotos*; and *periagōn* *ezētei* *cheiragōgous*.", "grammar": { "*idou*": "aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - behold/look/see", "*cheir*": "nominative, feminine, singular - hand", "*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord", "*epi*": "preposition - upon", "*se*": "accusative, singular - you", "*esē*": "future middle indicative, 2nd person singular - you will be", "*typhlos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - blind", "*blepōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - seeing", "*hēlion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - sun", "*achri*": "preposition - until", "*kairou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of time/season", "*Parachrēma*": "adverb - immediately", "*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and/now", "*epepesen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - fell upon", "*epi*": "preposition - upon", "*auton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - him", "*achlys*": "nominative, feminine, singular - mist/darkness", "*skotos*": "nominative, neuter, singular - darkness", "*periagōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - going around", "*ezētei*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was seeking", "*cheiragōgous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - guides by hand" }, "variants": { "*idou*": "behold/look/see", "*cheir*": "hand/power", "*Kyriou*": "Lord/master", "*esē*": "you will be", "*typhlos*": "blind", "*blepōn*": "seeing/looking at", "*hēlion*": "sun", "*kairou*": "time/season/appointed time", "*Parachrēma*": "immediately/instantly", "*epepesen*": "fell upon/came upon", "*achlys*": "mist/darkness/dimness", "*skotos*": "darkness/gloom", "*periagōn*": "going around/groping about", "*ezētei*": "was seeking/searching for", "*cheiragōgous*": "guides by hand/people to lead by hand" } }
• 1 John 2:11 : 11 { "verseID": "1 John.2.11", "source": "Ὁ δὲ μισῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ ἐστὶν, καὶ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ περιπατεῖ, καὶ οὐκ οἶδεν ποῦ ὑπάγει, ὅτι ἡ σκοτία ἐτύφλωσεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ.", "text": "The one *de misōn* the *adelphon* of him in the *skotia estin*, and in the *skotia peripatei*, and not *oiden pou hypagei*, because the *skotia etyphlōsen* the *ophthalmous* of him.", "grammar": { "*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and/now", "*misōn*": "present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - hating", "*adelphon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - brother/fellow believer", "*skotia*": "dative, feminine, singular - darkness", "*estin*": "present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - is/exists", "*peripatei*": "present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - walks/lives", "*oiden*": "perfect, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - knows/has known", "*pou*": "adverb - where/to what place", "*hypagei*": "present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - goes/departs", "*etyphlōsen*": "aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - blinded", "*ophthalmous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - eyes" }, "variants": { "*misōn*": "hating/detesting/disliking strongly", "*adelphon*": "brother/fellow believer/sibling", "*skotia*": "darkness/obscurity/ignorance/evil", "*peripatei*": "walks/lives/conducts oneself/behaves", "*oiden*": "knows/has known/understands/perceives", "*hypagei*": "goes/departs/is going/proceeds", "*etyphlōsen*": "blinded/made blind/darkened", "*ophthalmous*": "eyes/sight/vision" } }
• Gen 19:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Genesis.19.11", "source": "וְֽאֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־פֶּ֣תַח הַבַּ֗יִת הִכּוּ֙ בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֔ים מִקָּטֹ֖ן וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל וַיִּלְא֖וּ לִמְצֹ֥א הַפָּֽתַח׃", "text": "*wə-ʾeṯ*-the-*ʾănāšîm* who-*peṯaḥ* the-*bayiṯ* *hikkû* with-the-*sanwērîm* from-*qāṭōn* and-until-*gāḏôl* *wa-yilʾû* to-*miṣōʾ* the-*pāṯaḥ*.", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾeṯ*": "waw conjunction + direct object marker", "*ʾănāšîm*": "noun masculine plural with definite article - the men", "*peṯaḥ*": "noun masculine singular construct - entrance of", "*bayiṯ*": "noun masculine singular with definite article - the house", "*hikkû*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural - they struck", "*sanwērîm*": "noun masculine plural with definite article - blindness", "*qāṭōn*": "adjective masculine singular - small/young", "*gāḏôl*": "adjective masculine singular - great/old", "*wa-yilʾû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they wearied themselves", "*miṣōʾ*": "Qal infinitive construct - to find", "*pāṯaḥ*": "noun masculine singular with definite article - the entrance" }, "variants": { "*sanwērîm*": "blindness/confusion/mental blindness", "*yilʾû*": "became weary/struggled in vain/were exhausted" } }
• Deut 28:29 : 29 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.28.29", "source": "וְהָיִ֜יתָ מְמַשֵּׁ֣שׁ בַּֽצָהֳרַ֗יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יְמַשֵּׁ֤שׁ הַעִוֵּר֙ בָּאֲפֵלָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תַצְלִ֖יחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֜יתָ אַ֣ךְ עָשׁ֧וּק וְגָז֛וּל כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים וְאֵ֥ין מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃", "text": "*wəhāyîtā* *məmaššēš* *baṣṣohŏrayim* *kaʾăšer* *yəmaššēš* *haʿiwwēr* *bāʾăpēlâ* *wəlōʾ* *taṣlîaḥ* *ʾet*-*dərākêkā* *wəhāyîtā* *ʾak* *ʿāšûq* *wəgāzûl* *kol*-*hayyāmîm* *wəʾên* *môšîaʿ*", "grammar": { "*wəhāyîtā*": "conjunction (wə-) + qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will be", "*məmaššēš*": "piel participle, masculine singular - groping/feeling about", "*baṣṣohŏrayim*": "preposition (bə-) + definite article + noun, masculine dual - at noon/midday", "*kaʾăšer*": "preposition (kə-) + relative pronoun - as/like", "*yəmaššēš*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he gropes", "*haʿiwwēr*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the blind person", "*bāʾăpēlâ*": "preposition (bə-) + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the darkness", "*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction (wə-) + negative particle - and not", "*taṣlîaḥ*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will succeed/prosper", "*ʾet*-*dərākêkā*": "direct object marker + noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ways/paths", "*wəhāyîtā*": "conjunction (wə-) + qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will be", "*ʾak*": "adverb - only/surely", "*ʿāšûq*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular - oppressed/defrauded", "*wəgāzûl*": "conjunction (wə-) + qal passive participle, masculine singular - and robbed/plundered", "*kol*-*hayyāmîm*": "noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + noun, masculine plural - all the days", "*wəʾên*": "conjunction (wə-) + particle of negation - and there is no", "*môšîaʿ*": "hiphil participle, masculine singular - savior/deliverer" }, "variants": { "*məmaššēš*": "groping/feeling around/searching by touch", "*ṣohŏrayim*": "noon/midday/brightest part of day", "*yəmaššēš*": "gropes/feels around/searches by touch", "*ʿiwwēr*": "blind person", "*ʾăpēlâ*": "darkness/thick darkness", "*taṣlîaḥ*": "succeed/prosper/make progress", "*dərākêkā*": "your ways/paths/roads", "*ʾak*": "only/surely/indeed", "*ʿāšûq*": "oppressed/defrauded/exploited", "*gāzûl*": "robbed/plundered/despoiled", "*hayyāmîm*": "the days/time", "*môšîaʿ*": "savior/deliverer/rescuer" } }