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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Job 12:6

Abound. Hebrew, "are at peace." (Calmet) --- The prosperity of the wicked is therefore no proof that they are pleasing to him. (Haydock) --- All nature testifies that God exercises a sovereign dominion over his works. He may therefore cause the just to suffer, though they be guiltless. This is one of Job's grand maxims. (Calmet)

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See also Job 12:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 12:6. _THE TABERNACLES OF ROBBERS PROSPER._] Those who live by the plunder of their neighbours are often found in great secular prosperity; and they that provoke God by impiety and blasphem...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR _ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_ 2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7) 3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1) 4. He appeals to God ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Eliphaz had appealed to revelation, Bildad to the wisdom of the ancients, Zophar assumes that he himself is the oracle of God's wisdom. Job answers this assumption. Firstly Zophar is not the only wise...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GOD Hebrew El. App-4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    INTO WHOSE HAND GOD BRINGETH ABUNDANTLY— _Those who provoke God, enjoy in security whatever God pleases to bestow upon them._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    G. COURAGEOUS CONFRONTATIONJOB'S RESPONSE (Job 12:1, Job 14:22) 1. He ridicules the wisdom and judgment of his friends. (Job 12:1-6) TEXT 12:1-6 12 THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID, 2 No doubt but ye ar...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE TABERNACLES OF ROBBERS PROSPER, AND THEY THAT PROVOKE GOD ARE SECURE; INTO WHOSE HAND GOD BRINGETH ABUNDANTLY._ The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure. Job show...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:6 bringeth. (h-19) Others read 'who carry +God in their hand.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (JOB 12-14) The friends have said God is wise and mighty. Job replies, 'I know that as well as you. You infer that He is also righteous, but experience shows that His power and wisd...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Many evil people do not seem to suffer. Job thought that this was God’s plan. Job saw that birds and animals also suffer troubles without any reason. But this was not in fact God’s plan for the world....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 12 JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    INTO WHOSE HAND GOD BRINGETH ABUNDANTLY. — Some understand these words, _to him that bringeth his god in his hand_ (comp. Habakkuk 1:11; Habakkuk 1:16); but the other seems more in accordance with the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ אֹֽהָלִ֨ים ׀ לְ שֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים וּֽ֭ בַטֻּחֹות...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “GOD'S PATHS IN DEEP WATERS” Job 12:1 Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains that his...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Job's last reply in this first cycle is to the whole argument, as well as to Zophar's application of it. From beginning to end, it thrills with sarcasm, while it maintains its denial of personal guilt...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) В¶ And Job answered and said, (2) No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. (3) But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE TABERNACLES OF ROBBERS PROSPER,.... Such as the Chaldeans and Sabeans, who had robbed Job of his substance, and filled their houses with the spoils of others, and lived in the greatest fulness and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly]. Ver. 6. _The tabernacles of robbers prosper_] By robbers here understand all such...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The tabernacles of robbers prosper_ Job's friends had all supposed that wicked men cannot prosper long in the world. This Job opposes, and maintains that God herein acts as sovereign, and reserves th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The tabernacles of robbers prosper, powerful tyrants, men who make it a practise to spoil others, live in safety, AND THEY THAT PROVOKE GOD ARE SECURE, Psalms 73:12; INTO WHOSE HAND GOD BRINGETH ABUND...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE STRANGE GOOD FORTUNE OF THE GODLESS. If Zophar's arguments had been valid and Job's suffering was to be regarded as the direct punishment for a specific sin, then his faith in the justice of God...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB EMPHASISES GOD'S GREATNESS AND WISDOM (vv.1-25) Job's reply to Zophar was understandably sarcastic, "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!" (v.2). Zophar had implied that h...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Despite what his friends have said in the real world sinners do prosper. This is his second line of evidence, robbers and God-haters who prosper and are secure....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of sma...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE TABERNACLES OF ROBBERS PROSPER: thy opinion, delivered JOB 11:14, &c, is confuted by daily experience; which shows that the most wicked, and injurious, and impudent oppressors, tyrants, and robber...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 12:6 tents H168 robbers H7703 (H8802) prosper H7951 (H8799) provoke H7264 (H8688) God H410 God...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job answers his three friends, extolling God's wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: There is a wise providence which guides and governs all things by rules with which t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 12:6. _The tabernacles of robbers prosper._ Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to the Arabs, who plunder the merchants. This and the fo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:1 In the longest response of the dialogues with his three friends, Job shows his growing frustration with their claims of wisdom (even though he agrees with them about God’s supreme...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:4 Job argues that his friends’ understanding of wisdom seems to ignore both the suffering of the righteous and the security of the wicked. Furthermore, while true wisdom would make...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:6 Job’s reference to the TENTS OF ROBBERS may have been in response to one or more of his friends’ earlier assertions (see Job 5:24;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR_ I. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech (Job 12:2). His defence is:— 1. _Ironical_ (Job 12:2). “No doubt but ye are the people; and wisd...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The discourse of Job, here begun, continues through three chapters (Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1.). It is thought to form the conclusion of the first day's colloquy. In it Job for the first...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Job answered him and said, No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom is going to die with you (Job 12:1-2). He's about had it with these guys who think they know all the answers, and they're not...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jeremiah 5:27; Job 21:7; Job 9:24; Psalms 17:14; Psalms 37:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Are secure — Job's friends had all supposed, that wicked men cannot prosper long in the world. This Job opposes, and maintains, that God herein acts as sovereign, and reserves that exact distribution...

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