Verse 25

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

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.

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as if it were 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 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in its midst, and they have caused Egypt to err in every work, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
• Isa 24:20 : 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and its transgression 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, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon as in the night; we are in desolate places like dead men.
• Acts 13:11 : 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately a mist and a darkness fell on him; and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
• 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
• Gen 19:11 : 11 And they struck the men at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they tired themselves trying to find the door.
• Deut 28:29 : 29 And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and plundered evermore, and no man shall save you.