New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 12:5
Job 12:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
Context of Job 12:5
3But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these? 4I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke. He who is at ease holds disaster in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip. 6The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power. 7“But just ask the animals, and have them teach you; And the birds of the sky, and have them tell you.
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לַפִּ֣יד בּ֭וּז לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת שַׁאֲנָ֑ן נָ֝כ֗וֹן לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 12:5
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine, and retribution; In due time their foot will slip. For the day of their disaster is near, And the impending things are hurrying to them.’
- Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 94:18If I should say, “My foot has slipped,” Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the mountains in the dark, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into gloom, And turns it into thick darkness.
- Job 18:5“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the spark from his fire does not shine.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked goes out.
- Proverbs 20:20He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
- Matthew 25:8But the foolish virgins said to the prudent ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
- Job 6:5Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his feed?
- Job 16:4I too could speak like you, If only I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.
- Psalms 123:3Be gracious to us, Lord, be gracious to us, For we have had much more than enough of contempt.
- Amos 6:1Woe to those who are carefree in Zion, And to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, The dignitaries of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes.
- Luke 12:19And I will say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!”’
- Luke 16:19“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself in splendor every day.
Commentaries on Job 12:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5He that is ready to slip with his feet - The man whose feet waver or totter; that is, the man in adversity; see Proverbs 25:19. A man in prosperity is represented as standing firm; one in adversity as wavering, or falling; see Psalm 73:2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped. There is much difficulty in this passage, and it has by no means been removed by the labor of critics. The reader may consult Rosenmuller, Good…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Rather, "a torch" (lamp) is an object of contempt in the thoughts of him who rests securely (is at ease), though it was prepared for the falterings of the feet [Umbreit] (Pr 25:19). "Thoughts" and "feet" are in contrast; also rests "securely," and "falterings." The wanderer, arrived at his night-quarters, contemptuously throws aside the torch which had guided his uncertain steps through the darkness. As the torch is to the wanderer, so Job to his…Read the comment
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- 1. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease ↩
Commentaries on Job 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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