Devine Scripture

Job 12:6

Job chapter 12 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

v.6This passage

v.7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 37:1

    Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

  • Psalms 37:35

    I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

  • Job 21:7

    Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

  • Jeremiah 5:27

    As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

  • Psalms 73:11

    And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • Psalms 17:14

    From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is inthislife, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.