Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 12:5

5. He that is ready to slip with his feet , is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at [illegible: 1+ letters]ase .

i. e. The just man last mentioned who is upon the brink of the Pit or Grave, ready to fall into mischief, so as never to rise again in this World, which is my case, and the occasion of their scorn and contempt.

i. e. Like a Lamp or Torch, which whilst it shines clearly and in a dark Night is very useful and comfortable, but when it draws towards an end, and is nigh extinct, and in the light, is neglected and despised, as that which is unnecessary and troublesom, and offensive So the same man, who, when his Feet stand fast in a prosperous Condition, is magnified and adored by all: When his feet slip or stumble, as the Phra[illegible: 1+ letters]e is, Psalm 94. 18. Ier. 13. 16. when he is in misery, is commonly forsaken and despised.

i. e. In the Opinion of a man that lives in great case and outward happiness; which generally makes persons to forget and despise those who are in affliction. But these words are a little otherwise rendred, and that agreeably to the order of the words in the Hebrew Text, He (which is easily understood out of verse 4. the just and upright man) is as a T[illegible: 1+ letters] despised in the opnion or thought, (as this or the like words coming from the same Hebrew Root are used, Psalm 146. 4. Dan 6. 3. I[illegible: 1+ letters]n. 1. 6. Or because of the splendor; for so this Root and its Derivatives elsewhere signifie, as Cant. 5. 14. Ier. 5. 28. Ezek. 27. 19 And either of these significations agree well with the place. Or, compared with the splendor, or greater luster and glory) of him that li[illegible: 1+ letters]s in tranquillity; [illegible: 1+ letters]e, (i. e. the just man) is (or, [illegible: 1 word] he is: for this may be the reason of the contempt) ready to slip with his foot; i. e. ready to perish.