Job 5:14
In the day darkness shall come upon them, 1 And let them grope in the noonday even as in the night: 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
In Context
13Who takes the wise in their wisdom, 1 And subverts the counsel of the crafty. 1
15And let them perish in war, 1 And let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty. 1
Cross References
Exodus 10:21And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand to heaven, and let there be darkness over the land of Egypt—darkness that may be felt.
Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at midday, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.
Proverbs 4:19But the ways of the ungodly are dark; 1 They know not how they stumble. 1
Amos 8:9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at noon, and the light shall be darkened on the earth by 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 →