King James Version
Job 12:6 in the King James Version says “The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.” — study this verse from Job chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.”
Job 12:6 · KJV
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of robbers”
H7703properly, to be burly, i.e., (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
“and they that provoke”
H7264to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
“God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“into whose hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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