He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
WEB
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
YLT
A torch--despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
DBT
He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.