Job 12:5

Job 12:5

3 But I have¹ understanding as well as you;
I am not ^ainferior to you.
Indeed, who does not know such things as these?

4 “I^a am one mocked by his friends,
Who ^bcalled on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

5 A¹ lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
It is made ready for ^athose whose feet slip.

6 ^aThe tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.

7 “But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Slip with his feet - And fall into trouble; tho' he had formerly shone as a lamp, he is then looked upon as a lamp going out, as the snuff of a candle, which we throw to the ground and tread upon; and accordingly is despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

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