Job 12:6-10, 21:7-15, Psa 17:14, 73:3-7, Jer 12:1-2, Dan 4:17, 5:18-21 | ESV | STEP | The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure , who bring their god in their hand .

ak[See ver. 13 above]

al[See ver. 13 above]

am ver. 25, 32; ch. 5:21

an Jer. 27:5

aoSee 1 Sam. 2:8

aq[ch. 2:37; 4:22]

atSee ch. 3:4

av[ch. 4:30, 31; Ezek. 31:10, 11]

awSee ch. 2:21

ax[ch. 4:25, 32]

ay[ch. 4:25, 32]

az[See ver. 18 above]

Job 12:6-10

6 ^aThe tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hand. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
7 “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
8 or the bushes of the earth, ^{▼▼Or speak to the earth} and they will teach you;
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
that ^dthe hand of the Lord has done this?
10 In ^ehis hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.

Job 21:7-15

7 ^fWhy do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8 Their ^goffspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
9 Their houses are ^hsafe from fear,
and ⁱno rod of God is upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and ^jdoes not miscarry.
11 They send out their ^klittle boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
12 They sing to ^lthe tambourine and ^mthe lyre
and rejoice to the sound of ⁿthe pipe.
13 They ^ospend their days in prosperity,
and in ^ppeace they go down to ^qSheol.
14 They say to God, ^r‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 ^sWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what ^tprofit do we get if we pray to him?’

Psalms 17:14

14 from men by your hand, O Lord,
from ^umen of the world whose ^vportion is in this life. ^{▼▼Or from men whose portion in life is of the world}
You fill their womb with treasure; ^{▼▼Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb}
they are satisfied with ^ychildren,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Psalms 73:3-7

3 ^zFor I was ^aaenvious of the arrogant
when I saw the ^abprosperity of the wicked.
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 ^acstricken like the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore pride is ^adtheir necklace;
violence covers them as ^aea garment.
7 Their ^afeyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.

Jeremiah 12:1-2

Jeremiah’s Complaint

1 ^agRighteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
^ahWhy does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all ^aiwho are treacherous thrive?
2 You plant them, and they take root;
they grow and produce fruit;
^ajyou are near in their mouth
and far from their heart.

Daniel 4:17

17 The sentence is by the decree of ^akthe watchers, the decision by the word of ^althe holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High ^amrules the kingdom of men ^anand gives it to whom he will and ^aosets over it the lowliest of men.’

Daniel 5:18-21

18 O king, the ^apMost High God ^aqgave ^arNebuchadnezzar your father ^askingship and greatness and glory and majesty. 19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^atall peoples, nations, and languages ^autrembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. 20 But ^avwhen his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^awhe was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 ^axHe was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, ^ayuntil he knew that the ^azMost High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will.