The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provokeGod are secure; into whose handGod bringeth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.