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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ימששו-חשך ולא-אור ויתעם כשכור
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ymSHSHv-KHSHk vlA-Avr vyt`m kSHkvr

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
palpabunt quasi in tenebris et non in luce et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios

King James Variants
American King James Version   
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Authorized (King James) Version   
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
New King James Version   
They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
21st Century King James Version   
They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Darby Bible Translation   
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
God's Word   
They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
They grope around in darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunken men.
International Standard Version   
They grope in the dark without light; he causes them to stagger around like a drunkard."
NET Bible   
They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
New American Standard Bible   
"They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
New International Version   
They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
New Living Translation   
They grope in the darkness without a light. He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Webster's Bible Translation   
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
The World English Bible   
They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
EasyEnglish Bible   
They try to walk in the dark, without any light. He causes them to walk like drunk men.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
New Life Version   
They feel their way in darkness with no light. And He makes them walk from side to side like a drunk man.
The Voice Bible   
Until finally they grope in the dark, the light having departed, and He lets them stumble and stagger like drunks.
Living Bible   
He takes away the understanding of presidents and kings, and leaves them wandering, lost and groping, without a guiding light.
New Catholic Bible   
They grope their way in the darkness without light, staggering like drunken men.
Legacy Standard Bible   
They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them wander about like a drunken man.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
They grope in the darkness and not the light, and he causes them to err like drunken men.
Christian Standard Bible   
They grope around in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger and wander like a drunken man.
New Century Version   
They feel around in darkness with no light; he makes them stumble like drunks.
The Message   
“True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for. If he tears something down, it’s down for good; if he locks people up, they’re locked up for good. If he holds back the rain, there’s a drought; if he lets it loose, there’s a flood. Strength and success belong to God; both deceived and deceiver must answer to him. He strips experts of their vaunted credentials, exposes judges as witless fools. He divests kings of their royal garments, then ties a rag around their waists. He strips priests of their robes, and fires high officials from their jobs. He forces trusted sages to keep silence, deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom. He dumps contempt on famous people, disarms the strong and mighty. He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness, hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun. He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others. He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no-man’s-land. They grope in the dark without a clue, lurching and staggering like drunks.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
They grope around in darkness, where there is no light. He causes them to wander aimlessly like drunks.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
Good News Translation®   
they grope in the dark and stagger like drunkards.
Wycliffe Bible   
They shall grope, as in darknesses, and not in light; and he shall make them to err as drunken men (and he shall make them to wander about like drunken men).
Contemporary English Version   
lost in the dark, staggering like someone drunk.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
Common English Bible © 2011   
They feel their way in the dark without light; he makes them stumble like drunks.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“They grope in darkness without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
They grope in the darkness without light; he makes them wander like drunkards.
New American Standard Bible   
They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken person.
The Expanded Bible   
They ·feel around [grope] in darkness with no light; he makes them ·stumble [L wander around] like drunks.
Tree of Life Version   
They grope in darkness with no light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.
Revised Standard Version   
They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
New International Reader's Version   
Without any light, they feel their way along in darkness. God makes them unsteady like those who get drunk.
BRG Bible   
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Complete Jewish Bible   
They grope in unlit darkness; he makes them stagger like drunks.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
They grope in the choshech without ohr, and He maketh them to stagger like a shikkor (drunken man).
Names of God Bible   
They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.
Modern English Version   
They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger like a drunk man.
Easy-to-Read Version   
They are like someone feeling their way in the dark. They are like drunks who don’t know where they are going.
International Children’s Bible   
They feel around in darkness with no light. God makes them stumble around like drunken people.
Lexham English Bible   
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
New International Version - UK   
They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.