Job 12:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.

Young's Literal Translation
They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

King James Bible
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].

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

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

with no
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

light;
א֑וֹר (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

He makes them stagger
וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם (way·yaṯ·‘êm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray

like drunkards.
כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ (kaš·šik·kō·wr)
Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7910: Intoxicated, as a, state, a habit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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