Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 12:5

"In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth." — Job 12:5 (ASV)

Is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. —This rendering conveys no sense. The meaning is either that the lamp or torch prepared for feet tottering and uncertain in the darkness is disregarded and rejected by those who are at ease and need no such aid; in which case one does not see very clearly why Job compares himself to such a torch: or, more probably, there is contempt for calamity in the thoughts of he who is at ease; it is ready at hand for those who are tottering with their feet.