Job 12:5

To the unfortunate there is given contempt— according to the thoughts of him that is at ease— prepared [also] for those whose foot slippeth.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

In Context

4I am as one laughed at by his friend, who calleth upon God, while he answered him: [yea,] a laughing-stock though righteous and innocent.

6Prosperous are the tents of robbers, and security is given to those that provoke God. to him who carrieth his god in his hand.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:35Mine are vengeance and recompense, at the time that their foot shall slip; for nigh draweth the day of their calamity, and the future speedeth along for them.

Job 16:4I also could well speak as ye do: if your soul were but in my soul's stead, I could overwhelm you with words, and could shake my head at you.

Psalms 17:5My steps held firmly to thy tracks, [and] my footsteps did not slip.

Psalms 123:3Be gracious unto us, O Lord! be gracious unto us; for we are overburdened with contempt.

Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.

Amos 6:1Woe to those that are free from care in Zion, and that are in safety on the mount of Samaria, who are named the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

Matthew Henry on Job 12:2-6

Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. The reproofs Job here gives to his friends,… Read the whole commentary →

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