Job 5:14 meaning and explanation

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

Job 5:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Eliphaz is speaking to Job, defending his claim that God reliably humbles the proud and lifts the lowly. In verse 14 he pictures the crafty and the wise being caught in their own schemes: the very light of day fails them, so they stumble at noon as though it were midnight.

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