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But robbers’ tents are prosperous,
    and there is security for those who provoke El,
        for those whose god is their power.[a]

“Instead, ask the animals, and they will teach you.
    Ask the birds, and they will tell you.
Or speak with the earth, and it will teach you.
    Even the fish will relate the story to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:6 Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.

The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(A)
    and those who provoke God are secure(B)
    those God has in his hand.[a]

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(C)
    or the birds in the sky,(D) and they will tell you;(E)
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.

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Footnotes

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