Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. Job sarcastically concedes his friends' wisdom before asserting that he has understanding equal to theirs. He surveys God's sovereign control over nations, counselors, priests, and kings, bringing them to ruin or exalting them at will. The chapter emphasizes divine freedom …
Other Translations
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.
Cross References
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, …
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, …
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and …