Job 12:5

For calamity, ¹  there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate ² ) – a fate ³  for those whose feet slip!

biblegateway Job 12:5

Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

biblegateway Job 12:5

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

biblegateway Job 12:5

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

biblegateway Job 12:5

It's easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers.

SABDAweb Job 12:5

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.

bibleoremus Job 12:5

Those at ease have contempt for misfortune, but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.

biblegateway Job 12:5

A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.

biblegateway Job 12:5

For calamity, ¹  there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate ² ) – a fate ³  for those whose feet slip!

¹ tn The first word, לַפִּיד (lapid), could be rendered “a torch of scorn,” but this gives no satisfying meaning. The ל (lamed) is often taken as an otiose letter, and the noun פִּיד (pid) is “misfortune, calamity” (cf. Job 30:24; 31:29).

² tn The noun עַשְׁתּוּת (’ashtut, preferably עַשְׁתּוֹת, ’ashtot) is an abstract noun from עָשַׁת (’ashat, “to think”). The word שַׁאֲנָן (sha’anan) means “easy in mind, carefree,” and “happy.”

³ tn The form has traditionally been taken to mean “is ready” from the verb כּוּן (kun, “is fixed, sure”). But many commentators look for a word parallel to “calamity.” So the suggestion has been put forward that נָכוֹן (nakhon) be taken as a noun from נָכָה (nakhah, “strike, smite”): “a blow” (Schultens, Dhorme, Gordis), “thrust” or “kick” (HALOT 698 s.v. I נָכוֹן).