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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Job 12 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.