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Job 12:6

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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ASV

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

KJV

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יִשְׁלָ֤יוּyish.La.yuthey are at peaceH7951 →
אֹֽהָלִ֨ים׀'o.ha.Lim[the] tentsH168 →
לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗יםle.Sho.de.Dimof destroyersH7703 →
וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹתU.va.tu.chotand securiti<es>H987 →
לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵיle.mar.Gi.zei[belong] to provokers ofH7264 →
אֵ֑ל'ElGodH410 →
לַאֲשֶׁ֤רla.'a.Sherto [those] whomH834 →
הֵבִ֖יאhe.Vi'he has broughtH935 →
אֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGodH433 →
בְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.Doin hand hisH3027 →

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Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?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?Psalms 73:11–12The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.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 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,Job 21:7–15Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?Luke 12:16Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.Job 15:13as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?Job 22:18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”Job 24:23He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.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.Job 15:34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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