Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
In Context
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
15But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Cross References
Exodus 10:21And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.'
Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
Amos 8:9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →