Job 12:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 12:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 12:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 12:5 — KJV
“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 (KJV)
Job 12:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 12:5
“Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. thought: Heb. word wicked: Heb. Belial”
Shares key themes with Job 12:5: thought, ease
“When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. covereth...: or, doeth his easement”
Shares key themes with Job 12:5: feet, ease
“And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. foot: Heb. his feet thoughts: Heb. impressions For: or, In”
Shares key themes with Job 12:5: feet, thought
“Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. feet: Heb. ankles”
Shares key themes with Job 12:5: slip, feet
“The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:5: feet, ease
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