Job 12:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 12:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 12:6 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 12:6 — KJV
“The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.”
— Job 12:6 (KJV)
Job 12:6 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 12:6
“When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:6: god, secure, into
“But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:6: god, into, whose
“Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. great...: Chaldee, stones of rolling”
Shares key themes with Job 12:6: prosper, god, into
“But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:6: provoke, god, into
“And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:6: god, into, hand
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