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Job 12:6
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6 But[a] the tents of robbers are peaceful,
and those who provoke God are confident[b]—
who carry their god in their hands.[c]

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  1. Job 12:6 tn The verse gives the other side of the coin now, the fact that the wicked prosper.
  2. Job 12:6 tn The plural is used to suggest the supreme degree of arrogant confidence (E. Dhorme, Job, 171).
  3. Job 12:6 sn The line is perhaps best understood as describing one who thinks he is invested with the power of God.
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Job 12:6
New International Version

6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(A)
    and those who provoke God are secure(B)—
    those God has in his hand.[a]

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  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand
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