Job 5:14
By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
In Context
13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
Cross References
Exodus 10:21And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Stretch out thy hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.'
Deuteronomy 28:29and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
Amos 8:9And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,
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 →