King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
We 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].
Complete Jewish Bible:
We grope for the wall like the blind; like people without eyes we feel our way; we stumble at noonday as if it were dusk, we are in dark places like the dead.
Berean Standard Bible:
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.
American Standard Version:
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.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
We grope{H1659} for the wall{H7023} like the blind{H5787}, and we grope{H1659} as if we had no eyes{H5869}: we stumble{H3782} at noonday{H6672} as in the night{H5399}; we are in desolate{H820} places as dead{H4191} men.
Cross-References (KJV):
Deuteronomy 28:29
- And 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].
Job 5:14
- They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Lamentations 3:6
- He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.
John 12:40
- He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Proverbs 4:19
- The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
John 12:35
- Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he 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 that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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Commentary for Isaiah 59:10
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1659
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גָּשַׁשׁ
Transliteration: gâshash
Pronunciation: gaw-shash'
Description: a primitive root; apparently; to feel about; grope. - Strong's Number: H7023
There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קִיר
Transliteration: qîyr
Pronunciation: keer
Description: or קִר; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה; from קוּר; a wall (as built in a trench); [phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall. - Strong's Number: H5787
There are 23 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עִוֵּר
Transliteration: ʻivvêr
Pronunciation: iv-vare'
Description: intensive from עָוַר; blind (literally or figuratively); blind (men, people). - Strong's Number: H5869
There are 830 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עַיִן
Transliteration: ʻayin
Pronunciation: ah'-yin
Description: probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves). - Strong's Number: H3782
There are 59 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כָּשַׁל
Transliteration: kâshal
Pronunciation: kaw-shal'
Description: a primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall; bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, [idiom] utterly, be weak. - Strong's Number: H6672
There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צֹהַר
Transliteration: tsôhar
Pronunciation: tso'-har
Description: from צָהַר; a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon; midday, noon(-day, -tide), window. - Strong's Number: H5399
There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נֶשֶׁף
Transliteration: nesheph
Pronunciation: neh'-shef
Description: from נָשַׁף; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails); dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight. - Strong's Number: H820
There are 57 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אַשְׁמָן
Transliteration: ʼashmân
Pronunciation: ash-mawn'
Description: probably from שֶׁמֶן; a fat-field; desolate place. - Strong's Number: H4191
There are 694 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מוּת
Transliteration: mûwth
Pronunciation: mooth
Description: a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.