Job 12:6 | JFB | STEP | 6. Job shows that the matter of fact opposes Zophar's theory ( ) that wickedness causes insecurity in men's "tabernacles." On the contrary, they who rob the "tabernacles" ("dwellings") of others "prosper securely" in their own. into whose hand, &c.—rather, "who make a god of their own hand," that is, who regard their might as their only ruling principle [UMBREIT ].

Job 12:6

6. Job shows that the matter of fact opposes Zophar's theory (Job 11:14, 19, 20) that wickedness causes insecurity in men's "tabernacles." On the contrary, they who rob the "tabernacles" ("dwellings") of others "prosper securely" in their own.

into whose hand, &c.—rather, "who make a god of their own hand," that is, who regard their might as their only ruling principle [UMBREIT].

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