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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.

KJV

Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum.

Vulgate

εἰς χρόνον γὰρ τακτὸν ἡτοίμαστο πεσεῖν ὑπὸ ἄλλων, οἴκους τε αὐτοῦ ἐκπορθεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἀνόμων.

LXX

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

ASV

לַ/פִּ֣יד בּ֭וּז לְ/עַשְׁתּ֣וּת שַׁאֲנָ֑ן נָ֝כ֗וֹן לְ/מ֣וֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בּ֭וּז
bvz
noun · 11×
ו
v
noun · 247×
ךָ֖
k
adjective · 10×
לַפִּ֥יד
lpyd
noun · 14×
מָעֲד֖וּ
m'dv
verb · 6×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
עַשְׁתּ֣וּת
'shtvt
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Matt 25:8 — And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
  • Prov 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Ps 17:5 — Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
  • Ps 123:4 — Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.