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OET (OET-RV) They grope in the darkness without any light,
⇔ and he makes them stagger around as if they’re drunk.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־א֑וֹר
grope darkness and=not light
Job is speaking as if these leaders whose understanding God takes away literally grope in darkness, as if there were no light by which they could see where to go. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “They are not able to understand what they should do”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר
and,makes_~_stagger,them like_the,drunkard
The point of this comparison is that just as a drunkard will wander in various directions without knowing where he is going, so these leaders will do one thing after another without being able to make a definite, correct plan. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “he makes them act aimlessly, just as a drunkard wanders aimlessly”
12:25 Perhaps foolish counsel made the kings stagger like drunkards (12:17; see Isa 19:14); it resulted from “drinking” God’s wrath (Ps 75:8; Jer 25:15-27).
OET (OET-RV) They grope in the darkness without any light,
⇔ and he makes them stagger around as if they’re drunk.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.