Job 12:25 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
English ASV
They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
English Amplified
They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger and wander like a drunken man.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger and wander like a drunken man.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
They grope around in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
English EASY 2024
They try to walk in the dark, without any light. He causes them to walk like drunk men.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
They are like someone feeling their way in the dark. They are like drunks who don't know where they are going.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
they grope in the dark and stagger like drunkards.
English God's Word - GW 1995
They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
They grope around in darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunken men.
English KJV 1611
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
English LSB
They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them wander about like a drunken man.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger like a drunk man.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
till they grope in the darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunken men.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Without any light, they feel their way along in darkness. God makes them unsteady like those who get drunk.
English NIV
They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
English NKJ 1982
They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
English NLT
They grope in the darkness without a light. He makes them stagger like drunkards.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
leaves them wandering, lost and groping, without a guiding light.
English Tyndale 1537
and grope in the dark without light, staggering to and fro like drunken men.