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


In Context

2 Truly — ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die.

3 I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?

4 A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one.

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

6 At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.

7 And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to 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 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 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.