Verse 10
Isaiah 59:10
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places as dead men.
Original Language Text
hebrew
נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה כַֽ/עִוְרִים֙ קִ֔יר וּ/כְ/אֵ֥ין עֵינַ֖יִם נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ בַֽ/צָּהֳרַ֨יִם֙ כַּ/נֶּ֔שֶׁף בָּ/אַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים כַּ/מֵּתִֽים
English Translation
We have approached like the blind, and like those with no eyes we have groped; we have stumbled in the midday as in the twilight, among the fat ones like the dead.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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