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Job 12:5

World English Bible

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
It is ready for them whose foot slips.

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Job 12:5 in other translations

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 · American Standard Version

Job 12:5 in context

  1. 3But I have understanding as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
  2. 4I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor,
    I, who called on God, and he answered.
    The just, the blameless man is a joke.
  3. 5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
    It is ready for them whose foot slips.
  4. 6The tents of robbers prosper.
    Those who provoke God are secure,
    who carry their god in their hands.
  5. 7“But ask the animals, now, and they will teach you;
    the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.