King James Version

Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

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יוֹמָ֥םyomamdailyיוֹמָםadverb — “daily”H3119dailydaily, (by, in the) day(-time).יְפַגְּשׁוּyefagshvmeetפָּגַשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “meet”, an unfinished actionH6298to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concurmeet (with, together).חֹ֑שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָהvekhalaylahand as nightלַיִלconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and as night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּyemashshvfeelמָשַׁשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “feel”, an unfinished actionH4959to feel of; by implication, to gropefeel, grope, search.בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִםvatsahorayimin 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

Young’s Literal Translation

By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡμέρας συναντήσεται αὐτοῖς σκότος, τὸ δὲ μεσημβρινὸν ψηλαφήσαισαν ἶσα νυκτὶ,