Job 12:5
Strong's Lexicon
The one at ease
שַׁאֲנָ֑ן (ša·’ă·nān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7600: adj 1) at ease, quiet, secure 1a) at ease, secure 1b) at ease, careless, wanton, arrogant subst 2) security, pride, arrogance 2a) one at ease 2b) arrogance

despises
בּ֭וּז (būz)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 937: 1) contempt 1a) springing from evil 1b) springing from prosperity 1c) springing from judgment

misfortune
לַפִּ֣יד (lap·pîḏ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3940: 1) torch

as the fate
לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת (lə·‘aš·tūṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6248: 1) thought, idea

נָ֝כ֗וֹן (nā·ḵō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

of those whose feet
רָֽגֶל׃ (rā·ḡel)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7272: 1) foot 1a) foot, leg 1b) of God (anthropomorphic) 1c) of seraphim, cherubim, idols, animals, table 1d) according to the pace of (with prep) 1e) three times (feet, paces)

are slipping.
לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי (lə·mō·w·‘ă·ḏê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4571: 1) to slip, slide, totter, shake 1a) (Qal) to slip 1b) (Hiphil) to cause or make to shake or totter

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Young's Literal Translation
A torch—despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt and thinks it is prepared for  those whose feet are slipping.

New American Standard Bible
"He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.

King James Bible
He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

New Living Translation
People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling.

English Standard Version
In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.

New American Standard Bible
"He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

International Standard Version
The carefree are thinking, 'I have contempt for misfortune,' Those who are about to stumble deserve it.

NET Bible
For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate)--a fate for those whose feet slip!

American Standard Version
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

English Revised Version
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

Young's Literal Translation
A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
















Cross References
Job 12:4
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Psalm 123:4
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 12:3
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

Job 12:2
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

Job 12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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