Job 12:5
“He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The tabernacles of robbers prosper,.... Such as the Chaldeans and Sabeans, who had robbed Job of his substance, and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
He that is ready to slip with his feet - The man whose feet waver or totter; that is, the man in adversity; see Pro…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 12:1-5
The reproofs Job here gives to his friends, whether they were just or no, were very sharp, and may serve for a rebuke to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
There is contempt for misfortune in the thought of him that is at ease,
It awaiteth them who are slipping with their…
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