Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
*They ‖meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope in the noone day as in the night.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, runne into.
- *Cross-referenceDeut. 28.29.
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- Deuteronomy 28:29Rank 2 from verse 14
29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
29And thou shalt grope at noone dayes, as the blind gropeth in darknes, and thou shalt not prosper in thy waies: and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and spoiled euermore, and no man shal saue thee.
- Isaiah 59:10Rank 3 from verse 14
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eies: we stumble at noone day as in the night, we are in desolate places as dead men.
- Proverbs 4:19Rank 4 from verse 14
9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
9And it shall come to passe in that day, saith the LORD God, that I will cause the Sunne to go downe at noone, and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.
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Job 5:14
Sense 1: To come or bring together, encounter, assemble, or join. Sense 2: Fitting, suitable, proper, worthy, or qualified.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The part of the day when there is daylight; opposed to night.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To search by feeling in the dark.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Mid-day; twelve o'clock in the day; Pertaining to mid-day; meridional.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
13*He taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse: and the counsell of the froward is caried headlong.
14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
14*They ‖meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope in the noone day as in the night.
Selected passage15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
15But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mightie.