Job 12:5

World English Bible (WEB)

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

In context

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 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.

WEB World English Bible: In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
KJV King James Version: He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
ASV American Standard Version: In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: A torch — despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
DBY Darby Translation: He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
WBS Webster Bible: He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.