Job 12

Job · Chapter 12

Job 12:5

1And Job answered and said,2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[belongs] to the disasterלַפִּ֣ידla-PIDH6365
disaster

פִּיד (pid) ruin, disaster, destruction

contemptבּ֭וּזbuzH0937
contempt

בּוּז (buz) 1) contempt 1a) springing from evil 1b) springing from prosperity 1c) springing from judgment

to [the] thought ofלְעַשְׁתּ֣וּתle-'ash-TUTH6248
thought

עַשְׁתּוּת (ash.tut) thought, idea

[one] at easeשַׁאֲנָ֑ןsha-'a-NANH7600
secure

שַׁאֲנָן (sha.a.nan) 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

a pushנָ֝כ֗וֹןna-KHONH3559B
blow

נָכוֹן (na.khon) a blow, a strike

[belongs] to [those who] are sliding ofלְמ֣וֹעֲדֵיle-MO-'a-deiH4571
to slip

מָעַד (ma.ad) 1) to slip, slide, totter, shake 1a) (Qal) to slip 1b) (Hiphil) to cause or make to shake or totter

footרָֽגֶל׃RA-gelH7272
foot

רְגַל (re.gal) foot Aramaic of re.gel (רֶ֫גֶל "foot" H7272)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.