Job 12:6 · KJV
“The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.”
— Job 12:6
He that is ready to slip with {his} feet {is as} a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Job 12 — Context
I am {as} one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright {man is} laughed to scorn.
5He that is ready to slip with {his} feet {is as} a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Cross References
Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, {and} who {is} he?
Psalms 73:11-12
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalms 17:14
From men {which are} thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, {which have} their portion in {this} life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid {treasure}: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their {substance} to their babes. {which are: or, by} {they...: or, their children are full}
Psalms 37:1
[{A Psalm} of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 37:35
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}
Job 21:7-15
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are 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 waxen rich. {cage: or, coop}
Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good {things}: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.