Job 12:25

Grope — Thus are the revolutions of kingdoms brought about by an overruling providence. Heaven and earth are shaken: but the Lord remaineth a king forever.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They grope in the dark - They are like persons who attempt to feel their way along in the dark; compare the notes at Isaiah 59:10 . And he ma...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz had appealed to revelation, Bildad to the wisdom of the ancients, Zophar assumes that he himself is the oracle of God's wisdom. Job answers t...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man . They grope in the dark - The writer seems to have had his...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER! you and I shall go over this sweet and interesting book of Job to very little good, if we do not, as we read it, look up for the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man]. Ver. 25. They grope in the dark without light ] This i...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He increaseth the nations , &c. What he had hitherto said of princes, he now applies to nations and people, whom God either increases or diminis...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understandi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Government of the World
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Cf Isaiah 19:14 . The entire passage reminds one of the grea...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:11 ; Acts 13:11 ; Deuteronomy 28:29 ; Genesis 19:11 ; Isaiah 19:14 ; Isaiah 24:20 ; Isaiah 59:10 ; Job 5:14 ; Psalms 107:27

²⁵ They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to staggerh like a drunken man.

Related Commentaries of Job 12:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 12:25