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Job 12:5-7
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5 Those who live untroubled lives scorn the misfortunes of others,
    the blows that strike those who are already staggering.
6 Yet the tents of robbers remain undisturbed,
    and those who provoke God sleep securely
    as well as those who make a god of their strength.[a]
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you;
    ask the birds of the air, and they will inform you.

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  1. Job 12:6 As well as those who make a god of their strength: the Hebrew is obscure. Other translations given are: “As well as those who bring their god in their hands,” or “In what God provides by his hand.”
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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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