Job 12:5 is notoriously difficult: 'In the thought of one at ease there is contempt for calamity.' This rare noun denotes thought or thinking, used here in construct. The verse critiques those who live comfortably and despise the suffering of others, dismissing their misfortune as deserved. The word may be singular or plural (the form is ambiguous), related to a root meaning 'think.' The point is the smug mentality of the prosperous, who in their self-satisfaction have nothing but scorn for disaster—assuming it will never touch them. Job knows better, having been cast from prosperity into ruin.