King James Version
Job 12:25 in the King James Version says “They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. stagger: Heb. wander” — study this verse from Job chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. stagger: Heb. wander”
Job 12:25 · KJV
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. stagger: Heb. wander
KJV Study — Public Domain
“in the dark”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“without light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“and he maketh them to stagger”
H8582to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
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