King James Version

Job 12:25

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

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יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּyemashshvfeelמָשַׁשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “feel”, an unfinished actionH4959to feel of; by implication, to gropefeel, grope, search.חֹ֥שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.וְלֹאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…א֑וֹרorbrightאוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bright”, the ordinary formH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvayatemand deceiveתָּעָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and deceive”, the next action in the storyH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹרkashikoras drunkשִׁכּוֹרpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “as drunk”, the ordinary formH7910intoxicated, as astate or a habitdrunk(-ard, -en, -en man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Young’s Literal Translation

They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

World English Bible

They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

Darby Translation

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.

Douay-Rheims

They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς, πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων.