In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
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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.
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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Matthew Henry · Verses 1–5
Job upbraids his friends with the good opinion they had of their own wisdom compared with his. We are apt to call reproofs reproaches, and to think ourselves mocked when advised and admonished; this is our folly; yet here was colour for this charge. He suspected the true cause of their conduct to be, that they despised him who was fallen into poverty. It is the way of the world. Even the just, upright man, if he comes under a cloud, is looked upon with contempt.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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