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In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
    It is ready for them whose foot slips.
The tents of robbers prosper.
    Those who provoke God are secure,
    who carry their god in their hands.

“But ask the animals, now, and they will teach you;
    the birds of the sky, 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