Job 12:25

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He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.	They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].	Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

They grope^H4959 in the dark^H2822 without light^H216, and he maketh them to stagger^H8582 like a drunken^H7910 man.

Original Hebrew

יְמַשְׁשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֹור וַיַּתְעֵם כַּשִּׁכֹּור׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ	ye.mash.shu-	H4959	HVpi3mp	they grope
חֹ֥שֶׁךְ	Cho.shekh	H2822	HNcmsa	darkness
וְ/לֹא	ve./lo'-	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
א֑וֹר	'or	H216	HNcbsa	light
וַ֝/יַּתְעֵ֗/ם	va/i.yat.'E/m	H8582	HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp	and/ he made wander/ them
כַּ/שִּׁכּֽוֹר	ka./shi.Kor	H7910	HRd/Aamsa	like (the)/ drunkard

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H216 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
H4959 — מָשַׁשׁ (mâshash, maw-shash'): a primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope; feel, grope, search.
H7910 — שִׁכּוֹר (shikkôwr, shik-kore'): or שִׁכֹּר; from שָׁכַר; intoxicated, as astate or a habit; drunk(-ard, -en, -en man).
H8582 — תָּעָה (tâʻâh, taw-aw'): a primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both; (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

grope — Genesis 19:11, Deuteronomy 28:29, Job 5:14, Isaiah 59:10, Acts 13:11, 1 John 2:11
maketh — Psalms 107:27, Isaiah 19:14, Isaiah 24:20

Reciprocal references (1): Proverbs 4:19

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