(A)The tents of robbers are at peace,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
    who bring their god in their hand.[a]

“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
    the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;[b]
    and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. Job 12:8 Or or speak to the earth, and it will teach you

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

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(C)
    or the birds in the sky,(D) and they will tell you;(E)
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.

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