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


In Context

2 Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with you?

3 I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?

4 He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn.

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

6 The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, 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 American Standard 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 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.