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In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

Job 12:5 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીઅયૂબ ૧૨:૫
જેઓ પોતે સુખી છે તેઓ દુર્ભાગી માણસનો તિરસ્કાર કરે છે; જ્યારે કોઈ માણસ ઠોકર ખાય છે ત્યારે તેઓ એમ જ કરે છે.
हिन्दीअय्यूब १२:५
दुःखी लोग तो सुखी लोगों की समझ में तुच्छ जाने जाते हैं; और जिनके पाँव फिसलते हैं उनका अपमान अवश्य ही होता है।

In context

3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?

4I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.

7“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

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