Job 12:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.”
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“The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 12:6 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
- Job 15:13as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Job 22:18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Job 24:23He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
- Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
- Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- Habakkuk 1:11Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
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