Job

Job 12:6

⁶The tents of robbers are safe,

and those who provoke God are secure —

those who carry their god in their hands.^a

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The tents	אֹֽהָלִ֨ים׀	’ō·hā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H168 tent
of robbers	לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים	lə·šō·ḏə·ḏîm	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
are safe	יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ	yiš·lā·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7951 be quiet, at ease
and those who provoke	לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵי	lə·mar·gî·zê	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct	H7264 be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed
God	אֵ֑ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
are secure	וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹת	ū·ḇaṭ·ṭu·ḥō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H987 security, safety
those who carry	הֵבִ֖יא	hê·ḇî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
their god	אֱל֣וֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
in their hands	בְּיָדֽוֹ׃	bə·yā·ḏōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand

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