Job 12:5
For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, 1 And that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: 1 Let not however anyone trust that, being evil, he shall be held guiltless, 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
4For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery. 1
6Even as many as provoke the Lord, 1 As if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35In the day of vengeance I will recompense, 1 Whensoever their foot shall be tripped up; 1 For the day of their destruction is near to them, 1 And the judgments at hand are close upon you. 1
Job 16:4I also will speak as ye do: 1 If indeed your soul were in my soul’s stead, 1 Then would I insult you with words, 1 And I would shake my head at you. 1
Psalms 17:5The pangs of death compassed me, 1 And the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly. 1
Psalms 123:3Verily they would have swallowed us up alive, 1 When their wrath was kindled against us: 1
Amos 6:1Woe to them that set at nought Zion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.
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 →