Job 12:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.”
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“The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.”
King James Version · Public Domain“In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A torch--despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 12:5 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Job 6:5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
- Job 16:4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
- Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
- Amos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
- Matthew 25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
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