Job 5:14
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
מָשַׁשׁ
mâshash
to feel of; by implication, to grope
צֹהַר
tsôhar
a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
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