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[a]As for upheaval, there is only contempt by the one who acts at ease,
But it is prepared for those whose feet slip.
The (A)tents of the destroyers are complacent,
And those who provoke God (B)are secure,
[b]Whom God brings (C)into their power.

“But now ask the beasts, and let them instruct you;
And the birds of the sky, and let them tell you.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease
  2. Job 12:6 Or He who brings God into his hand