JOB 12:25 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς, πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων.
(psaʸlafaʸsaisan skotos kai maʸ fōs, planaʸtheiaʸsan de hōsper ho methuōn. )

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

ULT They grope in darkness and not in light;
⇔ he makes them wander like a drunkard.

UST It is as if they were trying to feel their way in complete darkness.
⇔ It is as if they were staggering around drunk.”

BSB They grope in the darkness without light;
⇔ He makes them stagger like drunkards.

OEB Where they grope in the unit darkness,
⇔ And stagger like drunken men.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They grope about in darkness without light;
⇔ he makes them stagger like drunkards.

LSV They feel darkness, and not light,
He causes them to wander as a drunkard.”

FBV They grope around in the dark without a light. He makes them stagger like drunk people.

T4T They grope around in the darkness, without any light,
⇔ and he causes them to stagger like [SIM] people who are drunk.”

LEB • in the dark[fn] light, and he makes them stagger like a[fn] drunkard.

12:1 Literally “and not”

12:1 Hebrew “the”

BBE They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

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JPS 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.

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

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

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

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

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

KJB-1769 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.[fn]
(They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkn man. )

12.25 stagger: Heb. wander

KJB-1611 [fn]They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

12:25 Heb. wander.

Bshps They grope in the darke without light, and he maketh them to stacker like a drunken man.
(They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stacker like a drunkn man.)

Gnva They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken man.
(They grope in the dark without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunkn man. )

Cvdl and grope in the darke without light, stackeringe to and fro like droncken men.
(and grope in the dark without light, stackeringe to and from like droncken men.)

Wycl Thei schulen grope, as in derknessis, and not in liyt; and he schal make hem to erre as drunken men.
(They should grope, as in darkness, and not in light; and he shall make them to erre as drunkn men.)

Luth daß sie in der Finsternis tappen ohne Licht; und macht sie irre wie die Trunkenen.
(daß they/she/them in the/of_the darkness tappen without light; and macht they/she/them irre like the Trunkenen.)

ClVg palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.][fn]
(palpabunt as_if in darkness, and not/no in luce, and errare them faciet as_if ebrios.] )

12.25 Palpabunt quasi in tenebris. Ibid. Quasi enim in tenebris palpat, etc., usque ad Nonne hic est filius fabri?

12.25 Palpabunt as_if in darkness. Ibid. Quasi because in darkness palpat, etc., until to Isn't_it this it_is son fabri?

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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”

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