Job 12:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)The tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hand.[a]
Footnotes
- Job 12:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Job 12:6
New International Version
Psalm 37:1
English Standard Version
He Will Not Forsake His Saints
[a] Of David.
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- Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 37:1
New International Version
Psalm 37[a]
Of David.
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 37:7
English Standard Version
7 (A)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
(B)fret not yourself over the one who (C)prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!
Psalm 92:7
English Standard Version
7 that though (A)the wicked sprout like grass
and all (B)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
Psalm 92:7
New International Version
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.(A)
Habakkuk 1:13
English Standard Version
13 You who are (A)of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
(B)why do you idly look at traitors
and (C)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
Malachi 3:15
English Standard Version
15 And now we call (A)the arrogant blessed. (B)Evildoers not only prosper but (C)they put God to the test and they escape.’”
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Malachi 3:15
New International Version
15 But now we call the arrogant(A) blessed. Certainly evildoers(B) prosper,(C) and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”
Job 21:7-15
English Standard Version
7 (A)Why do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8 Their (B)offspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
9 Their houses are (C)safe from fear,
and (D)no rod of God is upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and (E)does not miscarry.
11 They send out their (F)little boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
12 They sing to (G)the tambourine and (H)the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of (I)the pipe.
13 They (J)spend their days in prosperity,
and in (K)peace they go down to (L)Sheol.
14 They say to God, (M)‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 (N)What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what (O)profit do we get if we pray to him?’
Job 21:7-15
New International Version
7 Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?(A)
8 They see their children established around them,
their offspring before their eyes.(B)
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear;(C)
the rod of God is not on them.(D)
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.(E)
11 They send forth their children as a flock;(F)
their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(G)
they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(H)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(I)
and go down to the grave(J) in peace.[a](K)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(L)
We have no desire to know your ways.(M)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?’(N)
Footnotes
- Job 21:13 Or in an instant
Psalm 73:3-12
English Standard Version
4 For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not (D)stricken like the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore pride is (E)their necklace;
violence covers them as (F)a garment.
7 Their (G)eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
8 They scoff and (H)speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find (I)no fault in them.[a]
11 And they say, (J)“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they (K)increase in riches.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:10 Probable reading; Hebrew the waters of a full cup are drained by them
Psalm 73:3-12
New International Version
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
5 They are free(C) from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride(D) is their necklace;(E)
they clothe themselves with violence.(F)
7 From their callous hearts(G) comes iniquity[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;(H)
with arrogance(I) they threaten oppression.(J)
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
- Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat
- Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
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