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Job 12:25
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KJ21
They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
ASV
They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
AMP
“They grope in darkness without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.”
AMPC
They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger and wander like a drunken man.
BRG
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
CSB
They grope around in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
CSBA
They grope around in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
CEB
They feel their way in the dark without light; he makes them stumble like drunks.
CJB
They grope in unlit darkness; he makes them stagger like drunks.
CEV
lost in the dark, staggering like someone drunk.
DARBY
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
DRA
They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk.
ERV
They are like someone feeling their way in the dark. They are like drunks who don’t know where they are going.
EASY
They try to walk in the dark, without any light. He causes them to walk like drunk men.
EHV
They grope around in darkness, where there is no light. He causes them to wander aimlessly like drunks.
ESV
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
ESVUK
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
EXB
They ·feel around [grope] in darkness with no light; he makes them ·stumble [L wander around] like drunks.
GNV
They grope in the dark without light: and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
GW
They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.
GNT
they grope in the dark and stagger like drunkards.
HCSB
They grope around in darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunken men.
ICB
They feel around in darkness with no light. God makes them stumble around like drunken people.
ISV
They grope in the dark without light; he causes them to stagger around like a drunkard.”
JUB
They grope in the darkness and not the light, and he causes them to err like drunken men.
KJV
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
AKJV
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
LSB
They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them wander about like a drunken man.
LEB
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
TLB
He takes away the understanding of presidents and kings, and leaves them wandering, lost and groping, without a guiding light.
MSG
“True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for. If he tears something down, it’s down for good; if he locks people up, they’re locked up for good. If he holds back the rain, there’s a drought; if he lets it loose, there’s a flood. Strength and success belong to God; both deceived and deceiver must answer to him. He strips experts of their vaunted credentials, exposes judges as witless fools. He divests kings of their royal garments, then ties a rag around their waists. He strips priests of their robes, and fires high officials from their jobs. He forces trusted sages to keep silence, deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom. He dumps contempt on famous people, disarms the strong and mighty. He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness, hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun. He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others. He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no-man’s-land. They grope in the dark without a clue, lurching and staggering like drunks.”
MEV
They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger like a drunk man.
NOG
They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.
NABRE
They grope in the darkness without light; he makes them wander like drunkards.
NASB
They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken person.
NASB1995
“They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
NCB
They grope their way in the darkness without light, staggering like drunken men.
NCV
They feel around in darkness with no light; he makes them stumble like drunks.
NET
They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
NIRV
Without any light, they feel their way along in darkness. God makes them unsteady like those who get drunk.
NIV
They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
NIVUK
They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
NKJV
They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
NLV
They feel their way in darkness with no light. And He makes them walk from side to side like a drunk man.
NLT
They grope in the darkness without a light. He makes them stagger like drunkards.
NRSVA
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
NRSVACE
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
NRSVCE
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
NRSVUE
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
OJB
They grope in the choshech without ohr, and He maketh them to stagger like a shikkor (drunken man).
RGT
“They grope in the dark without light. And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
RSV
They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
RSVCE
They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
TLV
They grope in darkness with no light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.
VOICE
Until finally they grope in the dark, the light having departed, and He lets them stumble and stagger like drunks.
WEB
They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
WYC
They shall grope, as in darknesses, and not in light; and he shall make them to err as drunken men (and he shall make them to wander about like drunken men).
YLT
They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
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