Job 12 · Verse 6

Job 12:6

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Job 12:6, King James Version

Job 12:6 in other translations

BSBThe tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
WEBThe tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
ASVThe tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
YLTAt peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
DARBYThe tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth.
BBEThere is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.
WebsterThe tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

What does Job 12:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Job shows that the matter of fact opposes Zophar's theory (Job 11:14, 19, 20) that wickedness causes insecurity in men's "tabernacles." On the contrary, they who rob the "tabernacles" ("dwellings") of others "prosper securely" in their own. into whose hand, &c.--rather, "who make a god of their own hand," that is, who regard their might as their only ruling principle [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper - Those who live by the plunder of their neighbors are often found in great secular prosperity; and they that provoke God by impiety and blasphemy live in a state of security and affluence. These are administrations of Providence which cannot be accounted for; yet the Judge of all the earth does right. Therefore prosperity and adversity are no evidences of a man's spiritual state, nor of the place he holds in the approbation or disapprobation of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 12:6-11
Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment. (Job 12:12-25)

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 12:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִשְׁלָ֤יוּyish.La.yuthey are at peaceH7951
אֹֽהָלִ֨ים\׀'o.ha.Lim[the] tentsH168
לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗יםle.Sho.de.Dimof destroyersH7703
וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹתU.va.tu.chotand securiti<es>H987
לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵיle.mar.Gi.zei[belong] to provokers ofH7264
אֵ֑ל'ElGodH410
לַאֲשֶׁ֤רla.'a.Sherto [those] whomH834
הֵבִ֖יאhe.Vi'he has broughtH935
אֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGodH433
בְּיָדֽוֹ\׃be.ya.Doin hand hisH3027

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 12:6

  • 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? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  • Psalms 37:35

    I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

  • 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.

  • Job 21:7-15

    Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. …

  • Psalms 37:1

    A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

  • Job 22:18

    Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
tabernacles.
9:24; 21:7-15; Ps 17:14; 37:1,35; 73:11,12; Jer 5:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 12:5

    He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

  • Job 12:6

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

  • Job 12:7

    But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

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Job 12:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Prosperan las tiendas de los ladrones, y los que provocan á Dios viven seguros; en cuyas manos él ha puesto cuanto tienen.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les tentes des dévastateurs prospèrent, et la confiance est pour ceux qui provoquent ✶Dieu, pour celui dans la main duquel ✝Dieu a fait venir l’abondance.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Zelte der Verwüster sind in Ruhe, und Sicherheit ist für die, welche Gott reizen, für den, welcher Gott in seiner Hand führt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Abundant tabernacula prædonum, et audacter provocant Deum, cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum.