Contempt for calamity is the thought of one at ease, prepared for those whose foot slips.
Job 12:6 - Tree of Life Version The tents of marauders prosper, and there is security for those who provoke God— for those whom God brings in His hand. 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. |
Contempt for calamity is the thought of one at ease, prepared for those whose foot slips.
But now ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you,
so that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth?
Yet He filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me!
He allows him to rest in a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
If the land falls into the hand of the wicked He blindfolds the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
from men, with Your hand, Adonai, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their belly with Your treasure —with plenty of children— and leave their surplus to their babes.
Of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of them who do wrong.
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a leafy tree in native soil.
Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. That is why they grew great and rich.
They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.
Then a wind sweeps through and passes on. He is guilty— This, his strength, is his god.”