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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.

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