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Job 12:5-7
GOD’S WORD Translation

5 “A person who has an easy life has no appreciation for misfortune.
He thinks it is the fate of those who slip up.
6 ⌞But⌟ robbers’ tents are prosperous,
and there is security for those who provoke God,
for those whose god is their power.

7 “Instead, ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds, and they will tell you.

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Job 12:5-7
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5 Those who are at ease have contempt(A) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(B)
6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(C)
    and those who provoke God are secure(D)—
    those God has in his hand.[a]

7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(E)
    or the birds in the sky,(F) and they will tell you;(G)

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  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand
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