John 11:10

But if the derech of anyone is a derech baLailah, he stumbles because the Ohr is not in him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

In Context

9In reply, he said, Are there not Sheneym Asar (Twelve) sha'ot (hours) of HaYom? If the derech of anyone is a derech by Yom, he does not stumble, because the Ohr HaOlam Hazeh he sees. + 11:9 Jer 13:16; Ps 1:6

11These things he said. Then, after this, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, El'azar our chaver haahuv has fallen asleep, but I am setting out to awaken him.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:2When the resha'im, 1 even mine enemies and my foes, 1 came upon me to devour my basar, 1 they stumbled and fell. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:14The chacham (wise man) hath eyes in his rosh; but the kesil (fool) walketh in choshech; but I myself perceived also that the same mikreh (fortune) happeneth to them all.

Jeremiah 20:11But Hashem is with me as a Gibbor Aritz (Mighty Warrior): 1 therefore my persecutors shall stumble, 1 and they shall not prevail; 1 they shall be greatly ashamed, for they shall not succeed; 1 their kelimat olam (everlasting dishonor) shall never be forgotten. 1

Matthew Henry on John 11:2-17

The Death of Lazarus. 1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister,… Read the whole commentary →

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