King James Version
Job 5:14 in the King James Version says “They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. meet: or, run into” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. meet: or, run into”
Job 5:14 · KJV
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. their enterprise: or, any thing
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. meet: or, run into
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They meet”
H6298to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur
“with darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
“as in the night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
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