Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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Barnes' Notes
They grope in the dark - They are like persons who attempt to feel their way along in the dark; compare the notes at Isa 59:10. And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man - Margin, “wander.”…
This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Further description of their perplexity. Cf. ch. Job 5:14.
maketh them to stagger Or, to wander. Cf. Isa 19:14; Psa 107:27; Psa 107:40.
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