Job 12 · Verse 5

Job 12:5

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 12:5, King James Version

Job 12:5 in other translations

BSBThe one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
WEBIn the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
ASVIn the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
YLTA torch--despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
DARBYHe that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
BBEIn the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
WebsterHe that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

What does Job 12:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. 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 friends. Once they gladly used his aid in their need; now they in prosperity mock him in his need.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 12:1-5

Job upbraids his friends with the good opinion they had of their own wisdom compared with his. We are apt to call reproofs reproaches, and to think ourselves mocked when advised and admonished; this is our folly; yet here was colour for this charge. He suspected the true cause of their conduct to be, that they despised him who was fallen into poverty. It is the way of the world. Even the just, upright man, if he…

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Job 12:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לַפִּ֣ידla.Pid[belongs] to <the> disasterH6365
בּ֭וּזbuzcontemptH937
לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּתle.'ash.Tutto [the] thought ofH6248
שַׁאֲנָ֑ןsha.'a.Nan[one] at easeH7600
נָ֝כ֗וֹןna.Khona pushH3559
לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵיle.Mo.'a.dei[belongs] to [those who] are sliding ofH4571
רָֽגֶל\׃Ra.gelfootH7272

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 12:5

  • Psalms 17:5

    Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

  • Proverbs 13:9

    The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Matthew 25:8

    And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

  • Amos 6:1-6

    Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; …

  • Psalms 123:3-4

    Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

  • Job 16:4

    I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

  • Proverbs 20:20

    Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

  • Psalms 94:18

    When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

  • Luke 12:19

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

  • Job 18:5

    Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

  • Luke 16:19-20

    There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ready.
De 32:35; Ps 17:5; 94:18; Jer 13:16
a lamp.
18:5; Pr 13:9; 20:20; Mt 25:8
of him.
6:5; 16:4; Ps 123:3,4; Am 6:1-6; Lu 12:19; 16:19,20

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Context

  • Job 12:4

    I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

  • Job 12:5

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

  • Job 12:6

    The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

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Job 12:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aquel cuyos pies van á resbalar, es como una lámpara despreciada de aquel que está á sus anchuras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Celui qui est prêt à broncher de ses pieds est une lampe méprisée pour les pensées de celui qui est à son aise.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dem Unglück gebührt Verachtung nach den Gedanken des Sorglosen; sie ist bereit für die, welche mit dem Fuße wanken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum.