Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee. grope Job 5:14 They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night. Job 12:25 They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk. Psalm 69:23,24 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always. . . . Isaiah 59:10 We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places, as dead men. Lamentations 5:17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim. Zephaniah 1:17 And I will distress men, and they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as earth, and their bodies as dung. Romans 11:7-10,25 What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it. And the rest have been blinded. . . . 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost, . . . thou shalt be Judges 3:14 And the children of Israel served Eglon, king of Moab, eighteen years. Judges 4:2,3 And the Lord delivered them up into the hands of Jabin, king of Chanaan, who reigned in Asor: and he had a general of his army named Sisara, and he dwelt in Haroseth of the Gentiles. . . . Judges 6:1-6 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years, . . . Judges 10:8 And they were afflicted, and grievously oppressed for eighteen years, all they that dwelt beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorrhite, who is in Galaad: Judges 13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. 1 Samuel 13:5-7,19-22 The Philistines also were assembled to fight against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a multitude of people besides, like the sand on the seashore for number. And going up they camped in Machmas, at the east of Bethaven. . . . Nehemiah 9:26-29,37 But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great blasphemies. . . . Psalm 106:40-42 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance. . . . Context The Curses of Disobedience…28The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind. 29And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.30Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof.… Cross References Genesis 19:11 And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door. Exodus 10:21 And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch out thy hand towards heaven: and may there be darkness upon the land of Egypt so thick that it may be felt. Deuteronomy 28:28 The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind. Isaiah 59:10 We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places, as dead men. Jeremiah 9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Sion: How are we wasted and greatly confounded? because we have left the land, because our dwellings are cast down. Lamentations 4:14 Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts. Zephaniah 1:17 And I will distress men, and they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as earth, and their bodies as dung. Lexicon so that at noonבַּֽצָּהֳרַ֗יִם (baṣ·ṣā·ho·ra·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - md Strong's Hebrew 6672: A light, double light, noon you will וְהָיִ֜יתָ (wə·hā·yî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be grope about מְמַשֵּׁ֣שׁ (mə·maš·šêš) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4959: To feel of, to grope like כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that a blind man הָעִוֵּר֙ (hā·‘iw·wêr) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5787: Blind in the darkness. בָּאֲפֵלָ֔ה (bā·’ă·p̄ê·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 653: Duskiness, misfortune, concealment You will not וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no prosper תַצְלִ֖יחַ (ṯaṣ·lî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6743: To push forward in your ways. דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ (də·rā·ḵe·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action Day after day כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every you will be וְהָיִ֜יתָ (wə·hā·yî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be oppressed עָשׁ֧וּק (‘ā·šūq) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow and plundered, וְגָז֛וּל (wə·ḡā·zūl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob with no one וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle to save you. מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ (mō·wō·šî·a‘) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor Additional Translations so that at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and spoiled ever more, and no man shall save you. 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 robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee. And thou shalt grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper. 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 continually, and there shall be none to save. 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 alway, and there shall be none to save thee. And thou shalt grope at noon-day, 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. and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you. and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour. 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