Job 12:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ אֹֽהָלִ֨ים ׀ לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵי אֵ֑ל לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵבִ֖יא אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

yišlāyû ʾōhālîm lə-šōdədîm û-baṭṭuḥôt lə-margîzê ʾēl la-ʾăšer hēbîʾ ʾĕlôah bə-yādô

Grammar Details

*yišlāyû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - are at ease/prosper
*ʾōhālîm*: noun, masculine plural - tents
*lə-šōdədîm*: preposition + qal participle, masculine plural - for robbers/plunderers
*û-baṭṭuḥôt*: conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and securities/safeties
*lə-margîzê*: preposition + hiphil participle, masculine plural construct - for provokers of
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God
*la-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - to whom
*hēbîʾ*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - brought
*ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God
*bə-yādô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his hand

Word Meanings

*yišlāyû*: are secure/prosper/are at ease
*ʾōhālîm*: tents/dwellings
*šōdədîm*: robbers/plunderers/destroyers
*baṭṭuḥôt*: securities/safeties/confidences
*margîzê*: provokers/agitators/those who anger
*ʾēl*: God/deity
*hēbîʾ*: brought/delivered
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*yādô*: his hand/power

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 9:24 : 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If [it be] not [he], who then is it?
Job 21:7-9 : 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. 12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Ps 73:11-12 : 11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
Jer 5:27 : 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Ps 17:14 : 14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Ps 37:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.
Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

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