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

4Yet my friends laugh at me, for I call on God and expect an answer. I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me. 5People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling. But robbers are left in peace, and those who provoke God live in safety— though God keeps them in his power. 7“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. 8Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish in the sea speak to 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 9:24The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked, and God blinds the eyes of the judges. If he’s not the one who does it, who is?
• Job 21:7“Why do the wicked prosper, growing old and powerful?
• Psalms 17:14By the power of your hand, O Lord, destroy those who look to this world for their reward. But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones. May their children have plenty, leaving an inheritance for their descendants.
• Psalms 37:1Don’t worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.
• Psalms 73:11“What does God know?” they ask. “Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”
• Jeremiah 5:27Like a cage filled with birds, their homes are filled with evil plots. And now they are great and rich.

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