Job 12:25 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like {a} drunken {man}. {stagger: Heb. wander}”

Job 12:25

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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them {again}. {straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in}

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}. {stagger: Heb. wander}

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Job 12:1

"And Job answered and said,"

Job 12:2

"No doubt but ye {are} the people, and wisdom shall die with you."

Job 12:3

"But I have understanding as well as you; I {am} not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? {understanding: Heb. an heart} {I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you} {who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?}"

Job 12:4

"I am {as} one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright {man is} laughed to scorn."

Job 12:5

"He that is ready to slip with {his} feet {is as} a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease."

Job 12:6

"The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}."

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