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. "
— Job 12:5, American Standard Version
“He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.”
“In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.”
“For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!”
“The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed.”
“In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.”
“He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.”
No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.