Job 5:14
They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
15But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
Cross References
Exodus 10:21Againe ye Lord said vnto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heauen, that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darkenesse, euen darkenesse that may be felt.
Deuteronomy 28:29Thou shalt also grope at noone daies, as the blinde gropeth in darknes, and shalt not prosper in thy wayes: thou shalt neuer but bee oppressed with wrong and be powled euermore, and no man shall succour thee.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
Amos 8:9And in that day, saith the Lord God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I will darken the earth in the cleare 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 →