Job 12:5
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He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
In other translations
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
Hebrew words
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