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Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,[a]
    but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.
The tents of robbers are at peace,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
    who bring their god in their hands.[b]

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you;
    the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Job 12:6 Or whom God brought forth by his hand; Meaning of Heb uncertain

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