Devine Scripture

Job 12:5

Job chapter 12 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

v.5This passage

v.6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 94:18

    When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

  • Job 6:5

    Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

  • 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, be merry.

  • Luke 16:19

    Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

  • Psalms 123:3

    Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

  • Matthew 25:8

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