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The Book of Job, Chapter 12, Verse 25

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He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.
King James Version
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
American Standard Version
They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
New English Translation
They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
World English Bible
They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
1
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2
What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior unto you.
3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4
But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.
5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?
10
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.