Job 12:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. ”

Job 12:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that is ready to slip with his feet - The man whose feet waver or totter; that is, the man in adversity; see Proverbs 25:19 . A man in prosperity is represented as standing firm; one in adver...
Job 12:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(d) He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. (d) As the rich do not esteem a light or torch that goes out, so he despised he that falls...
Job 12:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz had appealed to revelation, Bildad to the wisdom of the ancients, Zophar assumes that he himself is the oracle of God's wisdom. Job answers this assumption. Firstly Zophar is not the only wis...
Job 12:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 463 A WANT OF SYMPATHY CONDEMNED Job 12:5 . He that is ready to slip with his feet it as a lamp despised in the thought of him that it at ease . THE friends of Job meant well: but, m...
Job 12:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 12:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Is ready, &c.— This is much more beautiful in the original. It is a metaphor taken from the archer, whose arrow is fitted to the string, and ready to be discharged. The word שׁאנן shaanan, he...
Job 12:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Lamp - a torch. "Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth,...
Job 12:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Third Speech (Job 12-14) The friends have said God is wise and mighty. Job replies, 'I know that as well as you. You infer that He is also righteous, but experience shows that His power and...
Job 12:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. — This rendering conveys no sense. The meaning is either that the lamp or torch prepared for feet tottering and uncertain in the darknes...
Job 12:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he...
Job 12:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“God's Paths in Deep Waters” Job 12:1-25 Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains...
Job 12:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job's last reply in this first cycle is to the whole argument, as well as to Zophar's application of it. From beginning to end, it thrills with sarcasm, while it maintains its denial of personal guil...
Job 12:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ And Job answered and said, (2) No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. (3) But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such t...
Job 12:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that is ready to slip with [his] feet ,.... Not into sin, though this is often the case of good men, but into calamities and afflictions; and Job means himself, and every just upright man in the...
Job 12:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Ver. 5. He that is ready to slip with his feet ] He who is in a declining, tottering conditi...
Job 12:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that is ready to slip with his feet The just man, last mentioned, who is ready to fall, or has already fallen into trouble; is as a lamp despised That is, like a lamp or torch, which, while it...
Job 12:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB EMPHASISES GOD'S GREATNESS AND WISDOM (vv.1-25) Job's reply to Zophar was understandably sarcastic, "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!" (v.2). Zophar had implied tha...
Job 12:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Reply to Zophar. B. C. 1520. 1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are...
Job 12:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. The just man last mentioned, who is upon the brink of the pit or grave, ready to fall into mischief, so as never to rise again in this world, which is my case, and the occasion of their scorn an...
Job 12:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR I. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech ( Job 12:2-3 ). His defence is:— 1. Ironical ( Job 12:2 ). “No doubt but ye are the people...
Job 12:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 12:6 . The tabernacles of robbers prosper. Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to the Arabs, who plunder the merchants. This and the...
Job 12:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

But I have understanding as well as you. The effect of the friends’ speeches upon Job The whole world, Job feels, is against him, and he is left forlorn and solitary, unpitied in his misery, un...
Job 12:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The discourse of Job, here begun, continues through three chapters ( Job 12:1-18 ; Job 13:1-18 ; Job 14:1-18 .). It is thought to form the conclusion of the first day's colloquy. In...
Job 12:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Strange Good Fortune of the Godless. If Zophar's arguments had been valid and Job's suffering was to be regarded as the direct punishment for a specific sin, then his faith in the justice of...
Job 12:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 6:1-6 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Jeremiah 13:16 ; Job 16:4 ; Job 18:5 ; Job 6:5 ; Luke 12:19 ; Luke 16:19 ; Luke 16:20 ; Matthew 25:8 ; Proverbs 13:9 ; Proverbs 20:20 ; Psalms 123:3 ; P...
Job 12:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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;...

Job 12:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 12:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 12:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 12:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 12:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 12:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 12:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 12:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 12:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 12:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 12:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 12:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 12:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 12:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 12:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 12:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 12:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 12:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 12:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 12:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 12:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 12:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 12:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 12:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 12:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 12:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes