Job 12:5

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; Psalms 123:4; Psalms 17:5; Psalms 94:18

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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 prospe...
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...
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 t...
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 i...
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.
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 re...
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 unfaith...
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 r...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for them whose foot slippeth.' An allusion to the way his fri...
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 prepar...
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 mu...
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...
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 sarca...
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 a...
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...
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...
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 despis...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Reply to Zophar. B. C. 1520. 1 A...
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, wh...
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. Ironi...
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 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 lef...
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 f...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease, literally, "For misfortune scorn, according to th...
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 can...

⁵ He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Related Commentaries of Job 12:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 12:5