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They gropeיְמַשְׁשׁוּin darknessחֹשֶׁךְand withoutוְלֹאlight,אוֹרand he makes them wanderוַיַּתְעֵםlike a drunkard.כַּשִּׁכּוֹר
Job 12:25
Study it in the app“They grope in darkness and without light, and he makes them wander like a drunkard.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 12:25, word by word
- They gropeיְמַשְׁשׁוּyemashshu
grope
To walk feeling one's way with the hands, like a blind man.
Where else “yemashshu” appears- in darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- and he makes them wanderיַּתְעֵyate
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “yate” appears- like a drunkardשִּׁכּוֹרshikor
drunk
Drunk: one who has drunk too much wine.
Where else “shikor” appears
The context
24He removes the heart of the heads of the people of the land, and makes them wander in a void without a way.
25 · This verse (above)