5In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.


In Context

2 No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .

7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

Job 12:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:5He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:5Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:5The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:5In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5A torch — despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.