Job 12:6

Job 12:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
• New International Version (NIV)The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand.

Context of Job 12:6

4I am a person who prayed to God and he answered me. But my friends now laugh at me. I have always lived completely in the right way. But still my friends laugh at me. 5Some people never have any troubles. They think that people who suffer are fools. If people are in trouble, they knock them down! But robbers seem to live in peace. They cause God to be angry but they think that they are safe. They trust their own strength as their god. 7Ask the animals and they will teach you. The birds in the sky would tell you the truth. 8Speak to the earth and it will teach you. The fish in the sea would tell you what is right.

Job 12:6 word by word

יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ אֹֽהָלִ֨ים׀ לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵי אֵ֑ל לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵבִ֖יא אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The tabernaclesאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• of robbersשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• prosperשָׁלָהshâlâh shâlav · to prosperH7951
• and they that provokeרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• are secureבַּטֻּחוֹתbaţţûchôth · securityH987
• into whose handיָדyâd · handH3027
• Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• bringethבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935

Cross-references for Job 12:6

• Job 9:24A wicked man may have power to rule a nation. Then God stops the judges from being fair. It must be God who does that. Who else could it be?
• Job 21:7Why do wicked people continue to live for a long time? The older they become, the more power they have.
• Psalms 17:14Lord, use your power to save me from them. They only think about this world, and they enjoy the good things that it gives them. So give them all that you have ready for them. Give them more than they want! May their children also have plenty, and enough left to give to their children too.
• Psalms 37:1Do not become upset because of what wicked people do. Do not be jealous of people that do bad things.
• Psalms 73:11They say, ‘Does God really know what we do? Does the Most High God know everything?’
• Jeremiah 5:27Their houses are full of valuable things, like a trap that is full of beautiful birds. They have cheated people and they have robbed them. That is how they have become rich and powerful.

Commentaries on Job 12:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The tabernacles of robbers prosper - Those who live by the plunder of their neighbors are often found in great secular prosperity; and they that provoke God by impiety and blasphemy live in a state of security and affluence. These are administrations of Providence which cannot be accounted for; yet the Judge of all the earth does right. Therefore prosperity and adversity are no evidences of a man's spiritual state, nor of the place he holds in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The tabernacles of robbers prosper - The tents or dwellings of robbers are safe and secure. This is Job‘s original proposition, to which he all along adheres. It is, that God does not deal with people in this life according to their character; and in support of this he now appeals to the fact that the tents or dwellings of robbers are safe. Arabia would furnish many illustrations of this, which could not be unknown to the friends of Job. The Arabs dwelt…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Job shows that the matter of fact opposes Zophar's theory (Job 11:14, 19, 20) that wickedness causes insecurity in men's "tabernacles." On the contrary, they who rob the "tabernacles" ("dwellings") of others "prosper securely" in their own. into whose hand, &c.--rather, "who make a god of their own hand," that is, who regard their might as their only ruling principle [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 12:6

• Philosophy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Deep
• Discover
• Secure; Security
• Satan

Commentaries on Job 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings