Job 5:14
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
In Context
13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Cross References
Exodus 10:21Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
Deuteronomy 28:29and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Amos 8:9And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
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 →