Job 12:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
נִיר
nîyr
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →Cross References
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da...
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
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