Job 12:5

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Job 12:4

I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered – a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

Job 12:6

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident – who carry their god in their hands.

Job 16:4

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

Job 18:5

“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

Job 6:5

“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?

Psalm 17:5

I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

Psalm 94:18

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Proverbs 20:20

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

Matthew 25:8

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

Luke 12:19

And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

Deuteronomy 32:35

I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!”