Job 12:5

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

There is contempt for disaster in the thought of the secure, prepared for those slipping of foot.

Latin

Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum.

Hebrew

English

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

Psalm 17:5
My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Matthew 25:8
The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance 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.”
Luke 12:19
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Jeremiah 13:16
Give 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.
Job 6:5
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Psalm 123:3–4
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
Job 16:4
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Amos 6:1–6
Woe 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.
Job 18:5
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Luke 16:19–20
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.