New King James Version
Job 12:5
5A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
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 Living Translation (NLT)People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling.
Context of Job 12:5
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these? 4“I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed. A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip. 6The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand. 7“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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לַפִּ֣יד בּ֭וּז לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת שַׁאֲנָ֑ן נָ֝כ֗וֹן לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:5
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them.’
- Psalms 17:5Uphold my steps in Your paths, That my footsteps may not slip.
- Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.
- Job 18:5“The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
- Matthew 25:8And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
- Job 6:5Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass, Or does the ox low over its fodder?
- Job 16:4I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Amos 6:1Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!
- Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
- Luke 16:19“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously 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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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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