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Job 12:5

Those who are at ease have contemptb for misfortune

as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.c

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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.

Job 12:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,

As prepared for those whose feet slip.


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