Job Chapter 12 verse 5 Holy Bible
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
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In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them whose foot slips.
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A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease; rather, as in the Revised Version, In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it (i e. contempt) is ready for them whose foot slippeth. The meaning is, "I am despised and scorned by you who sit at ease, because my foot has slipped, and I have fallen into misfortune."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.--This rendering conveys no sense. The meaning is either that the lamp or torch prepared for feet tottering and uncertain in the darkness is disregarded and rejected by those who are at ease, and need no such aid; in which case one does not see very clearly why Job compares himself to such a torch: or, more probably, there is contempt for calamity in the thoughts of him that is at ease, it is ready at hand for them who are tottering with their feet.
