Job 5:14 Meaning and Explanation
“They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz pictures the crafty stumbling in darkness even at midday, groping as if it were night.
What Does Job 5:14 Mean?
Eliphaz extends the fate of the cunning: those who trusted their own cleverness now meet darkness in broad daylight and grope at noon as if in the dead of night. Their boasted insight gives way to utter confusion.
The image warns that wisdom severed from God ends in blindness, however bright the light around it. Those who reject the truth lose the ability to see even what is plain. Scripture sets against this the promise that the One who is light gives sight to those who follow Him, so that they need not stumble in darkness but walk in the clear day of His presence.
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What does Job 5:14 mean?
Eliphaz pictures the crafty stumbling in darkness even at midday, groping as if it were night.