Job 5:14 
Context| NET © | They meet with darkness in the daytime, 1 and grope about 2 in the noontime as if it were night. 3 |
| NIV © | Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night. |
| NASB © | "By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night. |
| NLT © | They grope in the daylight as though they were blind; they see no better in the daytime than at night. |
| MSG © | Suddenly they're disoriented, plunged into darkness; they can't see to put one foot in front of the other. |
| BBE © | In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night. |
| NRSV © | They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night. |
| NKJV © | They meet with darkness in the daytime, And grope at noontime as in the night. |
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| NET © | They meet with darkness in the daytime, 1 and grope about 2 in the noontime as if it were night. 3 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn God so confuses the crafty that they are unable to fulfill their plans – it is as if they encounter darkness in broad daylight. This is like the Syrians in 2 Kgs 6:18-23. 2 tn The verb מָשַׁשׁ (mashash) expresses the idea of groping about in the darkness. This is part of the fulfillment of Deut 28:29, which says, “and you shall grope at noonday as the blind grope in darkness.” This image is also in Isa 59:10. 3 sn The verse provides a picture of the frustration and bewilderment in the crafty who cannot accomplish their ends because God thwarts them. |
