King James Version

Isaiah 59:10

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

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נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤הnegashshahgropeגָּשַׁשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “grope”, an unfinished actionH1659to feel aboutgrope.כַֽעִוְרִים֙khaivrimas blindעִוֵּרpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “as blind”, the ordinary formH5787blind (literally or figuratively)blind (men, people).קִ֔ירqirwallקִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “wall”, the ordinary formH7023a wall (as built in a trench)[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.וּכְאֵ֥יןukheeynand as elseאַיִןconjunction, preposition, particle, negative — “and as else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).עֵינַ֖יִםeynayimeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, absolute — “eye , , -sight”, the ordinary formH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁהnegasheshahgropeגָּשַׁשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “grope”, an unfinished actionH1659to feel aboutgrope.כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּkashalnvfallכָּשַׁלverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fallbereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, [idiom] utterly, be weak.בַֽצָּהֳרַ֨יִם֙vatsahorayimin noonצֹהַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in noon”, the ordinary formH6672a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noonmidday, noon(-day, -tide), window.כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁףkaneshefas darkנֶשֶׁףpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as dark”, the ordinary formH5399properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖יםbaashmanimin desolate placeאַשְׁמָןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in desolate place”, the ordinary formH820a fat-fielddesolate place.כַּמֵּתִֽיםkametimas dieמוּתpreposition, with the article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “as die”, a verb used as a describing wordH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, as they that have no eyes do we grope; we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in dark places like the dead.

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American Standard Version (1901)

We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

Young’s Literal Translation

We feel like the blind [for] the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.

World English Bible

We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.

Darby Translation

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.

Douay-Rheims

We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places as dead men.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, as they that have no eyes do we grope; we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in dark places like the dead.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They shall feel for the wall as blind men , and shall feel for it as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noon-day as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ψηλαφήσουσιν ὡς τυφλοὶ τοῖχον, καὶ ὡς οὐχ ὑπαρχόντων ὀφθαλμῶν ψηλαφήσουσι· καὶ πεσοῦνται ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ὡς ἐν μεσονυκτίῳ, ὡς ἀποθνήσκοντες στενάξουσιν·