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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But robbers are left in peace, and those who provoke God live in safety— though God keeps them in his power.

Context of Job 12:6

4“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless! 5Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand. 7“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; 8or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.

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 9:24When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?
• Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
• Psalms 17:14By your hand save me from such people, Lord, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones.
• Psalms 37:1Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong;
• Psalms 73:11They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”
• Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; 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
• 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