Tree of Life Version
Job 12:5
5Contempt for calamity is the thought of one at ease, prepared for those whose foot slips.
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 a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know these things? 4“I have become a laughingstock to my friend, though I called on God and He answered— a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock! Contempt for calamity is the thought of one at ease, prepared for those whose foot slips. 6The tents of marauders prosper, and there is security for those who provoke God— for those whom God brings in His hand. 7But now ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky 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 payback, for the time when their foot staggers. Surely their day of disaster is near— what is prepared rushes on them.
- Psalms 17:5My steps have kept on Your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 94:18If I say: “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, Adonai, will hold me up.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness.
- Job 18:5Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire does not shine.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly. The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.
- Matthew 25:8Now the foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, since our lamps are going out.’
- Job 6:5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox bellow over his fodder?
- Job 16:4I too could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could compose words against you and shake my head at you.
- Psalms 123:3Show us favor, Adonai, show us favor! For we have endured much contempt.
- Amos 6:1Oy ! You who are at ease in Zion, trusting in Samaria’s hill! Distinguished ones of the foremost of nations— to whom the house of Israel comes
- Luke 12:19And I’ll say to myself, ’O my soul, you have plenty of goods saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.”’
- Luke 16:19“Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, living it up in luxury 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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