The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
Job 12:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The tents of robbers are safe, and those who trouble God are secure; God holds them in his hands. , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The dwellings of robbers prosper; those who provoke God are [apparently] secure; God supplies them abundantly [who have no god but their own hands and power]. American Standard Version (1901) The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. Common English Bible Raiders’ tents are prosperous and God’s provokers secure, who carry God in their hands. Catholic Public Domain Version The tabernacles of robbers are numerous, and they provoke God boldly; whereas, it is he who has given all things into their hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands. |
The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
as you turn your anger against God and allow such words to leave your mouth?
But it was he who filled their houses with good things. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it, but his eyes watch over their ways.
The earth is handed over to the wicked; he blindfolds its judges. If it isn’t he, then who is it?
You will be righteous, Lord, even if I bring a case against you. Yet I wish to contend with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.
They have become fat and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.
Then they sweep by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty; their strength is their god.