The Meaning of Job 12:5 Explained

Job 12:5

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

YLT: A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.

Darby: He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

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

Discover Job 12:5

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 12:5?

MEANING: What does Job 12:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 12:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 12:5?

What is the context of Job 12:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 12:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 12:1-25 - "god's Paths In Deep Waters"

Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains that his friends mocked at him so contemptuously. He says that they remind him of those who are glad enough of a torch when their foot is slipping in the dark, but cast it aside when they reach their quarters, Job 12:5.

Those who rob are often the most prosperous, Job 12:6, and nature teaches that the animals and plants which are most sturdy in their self-assertion are most secure. Is not the vulture more secure than the dove, the lion than the ox, the shark than the dolphin, the rose than the thorn which tears it? In all such cases you cannot explain the mystery except by referring it to the will of God, whose reasons are past finding out. Similar mysteries beset human life.

Job still further illustrates his point from human life, showing that the lives of counselors, judges, kings, priests, princes, and elders are exposed to the same apparent anomalies and inequalities of treatment. We know, however, that suffering is purifying to the soul, and often redemptive, as Christ's was, for others. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 12

¹ Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him
⁷ He acknowledges the doctrine of God's omnipotence

What do the individual words in Job 12:5 mean?

A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease [it is] made ready for those whose slip feet

לַפִּ֣יד בּ֭וּז לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת שַׁאֲנָ֑ן נָ֝כ֗וֹן לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל

לַפִּ֣יד	A lamp
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: לַפִּיד Sense: torch.
בּ֭וּז	is despised
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בּוּז Sense: contempt.
לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת	in the thought
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: עַשְׁתּוּת Sense: thought, idea.
שַׁאֲנָ֑ן	of one who is at ease
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: שַׁאֲנָן Sense: at ease, quiet, secure.
נָ֝כ֗וֹן	[it is] made ready
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כּוּן Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי	for those whose slip
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct Root: מָעַד Sense: to slip, slide, totter, shake.
רָֽגֶל	feet
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: רֶגֶל Sense: foot.

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