I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, A man that called upon God, and he answered him: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
Job 12:5 - Revised Version 1885 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that is ready to slip with his feet Is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune–but it is ready for those whose feet slip. American Standard Version (1901) In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. Common English Bible a torch of contempt to one who is idle, a fixed point for slipping feet. Catholic Public Domain Version The lamp that is despised in the thoughts of the rich is ready for the appointed time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed. |
I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, A man that called upon God, and he answered him: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake mine head at you.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains; and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Vengeance is mine, and recompence, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.