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Job 12:6
Job 12:6 is verse 6 of Job chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
Or though God keeps them in His power
King James Version
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
World English Bible
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
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Job 12:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Job 21:8Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Job 21:9Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
Job 21:10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
Job 21:12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
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 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.