Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 5:14 : 14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
- Ps 107:27 : 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
- Isa 19:14 : 14 Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
- Isa 24:20 : 20 The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
- Isa 59:10 : 10 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.
- Acts 13:11 : 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
- 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
- Gen 19:11 : 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Deut 28:29 : 29 and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
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- Job 12:19-246 verses80%
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
24 He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
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14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
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19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
- Isa 59:9-102 verses76%
9 Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
10 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.
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10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.
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22 and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
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9 Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
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5 They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Job 24:16-183 verses74%
16 In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
18 Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
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7 And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
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22 The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
- Job 24:10-134 verses74%
10 [ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
11 They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
13 These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
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12 They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
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16 Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
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2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
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17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
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3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,
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23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
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5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
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11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
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11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
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20 The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
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16 And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
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10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
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6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
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29 and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
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17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
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5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
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9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
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18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
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16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
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30 And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
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12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
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5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.