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Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,
for the blow that strikes somebody already staggering.
The tents of robbers prosper,
[the homes of] those who anger God are secure,
those who carry their gods in their hands.

“But ask the animals — they will teach you —
and the birds in the air — 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