The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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Gill's Exposition
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee,.... And so the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, in this and Job 12:8; from those instructions may be learned, of instances taken, and…
Barnes' Notes
The tabernacles of robbers prosper - The tents or dwellings of robbers are safe and secure. This is Job’s original proposition, to which he all along adheres. It is, that God does not deal with people…
Job's friends all of them went upon this principle, that wicked people cannot prosper long in this world, but some remarkable judgment or other will suddenly light on them: Zophar had concluded with…
Cambridge Bible
The other side of the picture, the peace of the wicked.
into whose hand God bringeth abundantly The words might also mean: they who carry(their) god in their hand, the idea being that their god is…
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