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Job 12:5

5 1He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,

As prepared for those whose feet slip.

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Job 12:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune

as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Job 12:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

it is ready for those whose feet slip.

Job 12:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

He that is ready to slip with his feet

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

Job 12:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

People who are at ease mock those in trouble.

They give a push to people who are stumbling.

Job 12:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;

It is made ready for those whose feet slip.

Job 12:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

Those who are comfortable don’t care that others have trouble;

they think it right that those people should have troubles.

Job 12:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;

It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

Job 12:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Job 12:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“A person who has an easy life has no appreciation for misfortune. 

He thinks it is the fate of those who slip up. 

Job 12:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt

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

Job 12:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,

but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.

Job 12:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Those at ease have contempt for the thought of disaster,

but it is ready for those unstable of foot.

Job 12:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

People who have an easy life look down on those who have problems.

They think trouble comes only to those whose feet are slipping.


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