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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Job 12:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Dem Unglück gebührt Verachtung nach den Gedanken des Sorglosen; sie ist bereit für die, welche mit dem Fuße wanken.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Aquel cuyos pies van á resbalar, es como una lámpara despreciada de aquel que está á sus anchuras.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
A desgraça é menosprezada na opinião de quem está tranquilo, que está pronto para os que tropeçam com os pés.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
No pensamento de quem está tranquilo, há desprezo pela calamidade; um empurrão para aqueles cujos os pés estão escorregando.
📖 Job 12:5 in Context
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
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