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In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune—but it is ready for those whose feet slip.

The dwellings of robbers prosper; those who provoke God are [apparently] secure; God supplies them abundantly [who have no god but their own hands and power].

For ask now the animals, and they will teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character]; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

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Those who are at ease have contempt(A) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(B)
The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(C)
    and those who provoke God are secure(D)
    those God has in his hand.[a]

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(E)
    or the birds in the sky,(F) and they will tell you;(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand