14They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.


In Context

11 So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Job 5:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.