Job 12:6

At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

5For ruin, there is contempt, in the thought of the man at ease,—ready, for such as are of faltering foot!

7But, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee;

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Cross References

Job 9:24The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?

Job 21:7Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?

Job 24:23It is given him to be secure, and confident, yet, his eyes, are upon their ways.

Psalms 37:1Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;

Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.

Jeremiah 5:27As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain,—For this cause, have they become great and waxen rich:

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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