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Job 12

Job 12:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that is ready
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
to slip
ma`ad (Hebrew #4571)
to waver
KJV usage: make to shake, slide, slip.
Pronounce: maw-ad'
Origin: a primitive root
with his feet
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
is as a lamp
lappiyd (Hebrew #3940)
from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame
KJV usage: (fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Pronounce: lap-peed'
Origin: or lappid {lap-peed'}
despised
buwz (Hebrew #937)
disrespect
KJV usage: contempt(-uo usly), despised, shamed.
Pronounce: booz
Origin: from 936
in the thought
`ashtuwth (Hebrew #6248)
cogitation
KJV usage: thought.
Pronounce: ash-tooth'
Origin: from 6245
of him that is at ease
sha'anan (Hebrew #7600)
secure; in a bad sense, haughty
KJV usage: that is at ease, quiet, tumult. Compare 7946.
Pronounce: shah-an-awn'
Origin: from 7599
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Cross References

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Deut. 32:35• 35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste. (Deut. 32:35)
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Psa. 17:5• 5When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not. (Psa. 17:5)
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Psa. 94:18• 18When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up. (Psa. 94:18)
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Jer. 13:16• 16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. (Jer. 13:16)
a lamp.
Job 18:5• 5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine. (Job 18:5)
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Prov. 13:9• 9The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. (Prov. 13:9)
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Prov. 20:20• 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. (Prov. 20:20)
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Matt. 25:8• 8And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out. (Matt. 25:8)
of him.
Job 6:5• 5Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder? (Job 6:5)
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Job 16:4• 4I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you; (Job 16:4)
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)
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Amos 6:1‑6• 1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come.
 2Pass unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go to Hamath the great; and go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
 3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
 4that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall;
 5that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David;
 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph. (Amos 6:1‑6)
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Luke 12:19• 19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry. (Luke 12:19)
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Luke 16:19‑20• 19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
 20And there was a poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his gateway full of sores, (Luke 16:19‑20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Contempt for misfortune is, in the thought of him that is at ease, prepared for those whose feet totter."