Job 12:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 12:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

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KJV

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

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ASV

American Standard Version

In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 12

³ But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

⁴ I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

⁵ The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

⁶ The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.

⁷ But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

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