Job 5:14

“By day they meet darkness, and as at night they grope at noon.”

Job 5:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 5:14, word by word

By dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

Where else “yomam” appears
they meetיְפַגְּשׁוּyefagshu

meet

Meet someone, come upon, encounter.

Where else “yefagshu” appears
darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech

gloom

Distress, ignorance or death.

Where else “choshech” appears
at nightלַּיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

Where else “layla” appears
they gropeיְמַשְׁשׁוּyemashshu

grope

To walk feeling one's way with the hands, like a blind man.

Where else “yemashshu” appears
at noonצָּהֳרָיִםtsahorayim

noon

When the sun is highest; or full light.

Where else “tsahorayim” appears

The context

13who catches the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the twisted is rushed headlong.

14 · This verse (above)

15But he saves from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the strong the needy.

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