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

meet with.

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.

Deuteronomy 28:29 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.

Proverbs 4:19 My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

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.

Amos 8:9 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?

Context
Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him
13Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked: 14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.15But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.…
Cross References
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.

Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.

Job 18:18
He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.

Job 20:26
All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.

Job 22:11
And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

Job 24:13
They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.

Job 38:15
From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

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.

Amos 8:9
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?

Lexicon
They encounter
יְפַגְּשׁוּ־ (yə·p̄ag·gə·šū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6298: To come in contact with, to concur

darkness
חֹ֑שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

by day
יוֹמָ֥ם (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3119: Daytime, by day

and grope
יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ (yə·maš·šū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4959: To feel of, to grope

at noon
בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃ (ḇaṣ·ṣā·ho·rā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6672: A light, double light, noon

as in the night.
וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה (wə·ḵal·lay·lāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity


Additional Translations
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

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

In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:

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

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

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

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

By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.
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