Isaiah 59:10
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We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places, as dead men.

Deuteronomy 28:29
And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.

Job 5:14
They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.

Proverbs 4:19
My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

Isaiah 8:14
And he shall be a sanctification to you. But for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 8:15
And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.

Isaiah 28:13
And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Lamentations 3:6
Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

Lamentations 4:14
Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.

Ezekiel 21:15
And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.

Amos 8:9
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?

Micah 3:6
Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war against him.

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We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places, as dead men.

grope

Deuteronomy 28:29 And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.

Job 5:14 They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.

Proverbs 4:19 My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

Jeremiah 13:16 Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.

Lamentations 4:14 Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.

Amos 8:9 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?

John 11:9,10 Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world: . . .

John 12:35,40 Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, and the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither be goeth. . . .

1 John 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth: because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

in desolate

Lamentations 3:6 Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

Context
Sin Separates Us from God
9Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark. 10We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places, as dead men.11We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.…
Lexicon
Like the blind,
כַֽעִוְרִים֙ (ḵa·‘iw·rîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5787: Blind

we feel our way along
נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה (nə·ḡaš·šāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1659: To feel with the hand, feel, stroke

the wall,
קִ֔יר (qîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall

groping
נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה (nə·ḡaš·šê·šāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1659: To feel with the hand, feel, stroke

like those without
וּכְאֵ֥ין (ū·ḵə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

eyes.
עֵינַ֖יִם (‘ê·na·yim)
Noun - cd
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

We stumble
כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ (kā·šal·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

at midday
בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ (ḇaṣ·ṣā·ho·ra·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6672: A light, double light, noon

as in the twilight;
כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף (kan·ne·šep̄)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5399: A breeze, dusk

among the vigorous
בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים (bā·’aš·man·nîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 820: Perhaps stout

we are like the dead.
כַּמֵּתִֽים׃ (kam·mê·ṯîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill


Additional Translations
Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

They shall feel for the wall as blind men, and shall feel for it as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noon-day as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men.

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.

We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men.

We feel like the blind for the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.
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