Battuchoth (בַּטֻּחוֹת) appears only once in the Hebrew Bible (Job 12:5), describing a state of ease, comfort, or false security. The plural form emphasizes multiple dimensions of settled confidence. In its sole context it describes the contempt the prosperous feel toward the afflicted — a security rooted in comfortable circumstances rather than genuine trust in God.
This hapax legomenon (appearing once only) challenges readers to examine the source of their confidence. Job's comforters had battuchoth — comfortable, untested ease — and from that security they misread Job's suffering as evidence of sin. The word warns that earthly security can blind us to the realities of suffering and divine sovereignty. True security (batach) is tested and refined; false security is shattered when circumstances change.