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Job 12:5

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It’s easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame,

for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;

it is ready for those whose feet slip.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune

as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt

and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

NLTNew Living Translation

People who are at ease mock those in trouble.

They give a push to people who are stumbling.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Those at ease have contempt for the thought of disaster,

but it is ready for those unstable of foot.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that is ready to slip with his feet

Is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.