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


In Context

2 "Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!

3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?

4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

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

6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure- those who carry their god in their hands.

7 "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.