OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 5

Job 12:5

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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 context

Job 12:2–8

2

“No doubt, but you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you.

3

But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?

4

I 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.

5
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In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.

It is ready for them whose foot slips.

6

The tents of robbers prosper.

Those who provoke God are secure,

who carry their god in their hands.

7

“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you;

the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

8

Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you.

The fish of the sea will declare to you.

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