Job 12:6
At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5A torch — despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
Cross References
Job 9:24Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not — where, who [is] he?
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
Job 24:23He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.
Psalms 37:1By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,
Psalms 73:3The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
Jeremiah 5:27As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are 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 →