The one at ease scorns misfortune
The one who is at ease, Job says, holds calamity in contempt and is ready to push the slipping foot farther down.
This verse describes the coldness of those untouched by trouble.
1Then Job answered: 2“Truly then you are the people 3But I also have a mind; 4I am a laughingstock to my friends, 5The one at ease scorns misfortune 6The tents of robbers are safe, 7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; 8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; 9Which of all these does not know 10The life of every living thing is in His hand, 11Does not the ear test words 12Wisdom is found with the elderly, 13Wisdom and strength belong to God; 14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; 15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, 16True wisdom and power belong to Him. 17He leads counselors away barefoot 18He loosens the bonds placed by kings 19He leads priests away barefoot 20He deprives the trusted of speech 21He pours out contempt on nobles 22He reveals the deep things of darkness 23He makes nations great and destroys them; 24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason 25They grope in the darkness without light;