Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the daytime, ¹  and grope about ²  in the noontime as if it were night. ³ 

biblegateway Job 5:14

Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.

biblegateway Job 5:14

"By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night.

biblegateway Job 5:14

They grope in the daylight as though they were blind; they see no better in the daytime than at night.

biblegateway Job 5:14

Suddenly they're disoriented, plunged into darkness; they can't see to put one foot in front of the other.

SABDAweb Job 5:14

In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

bibleoremus Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

biblegateway Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the daytime, And grope at noontime as in the night.

biblegateway Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the daytime, ¹  and grope about ²  in the noontime as if it were night. ³ 

¹ sn God so confuses the crafty that they are unable to fulfill their plans – it is as if they encounter darkness in broad daylight. This is like the Syrians in 2 Kgs 6:18-23.

² tn The verb מָשַׁשׁ (mashash) expresses the idea of groping about in the darkness. This is part of the fulfillment of Deut 28:29, which says, “and you shall grope at noonday as the blind grope in darkness.” This image is also in Isa 59:10.

³ sn The verse provides a picture of the frustration and bewilderment in the crafty who cannot accomplish their ends because God thwarts them.