Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, 1 and those who provoke God feel secure; 1 their own hands are their gods. 1

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In The King James Version

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

In Context

5In the thought of someone who is at ease, there is contempt for misfortune; 1 he thinks in a way that brings more misfortune to those whose foot is slipping. 1

7But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; 1 ask the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you. 1

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Cross References

Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of wicked people; 1 God covers the faces of its judges. 1 If it is not he who does it, then who is it? 1

Job 21:7Why do wicked people continue to live, 1 become old, and grow mighty in power? 1

Job 24:23God allows them to think they are secure, and they are happy about that, 1 but his eyes are on their ways. 1

Psalms 37:1Do not be irritated because of evildoers; 1 do not be envious of those who act unrighteously. 1

Psalms 73:3because I was envious of the arrogant 1 when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 1

Jeremiah 5:27Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit. 1 So they grow large and become rich. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 12:2-6

Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. The reproofs Job here gives to his friends,… Read the whole commentary →

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