12:6 But 1 the tents of robbers are peaceful,
and those who provoke God are confident 2 –
who carry their god in their hands. 3
24:19 The drought as well as the heat carry away
the melted snow; 4
so the grave 5 takes away those who have sinned. 6
37:12 The clouds 7 go round in circles,
wheeling about according to his plans,
to carry out 8 all that he commands them
over the face of the whole inhabited world.
1 tn The verse gives the other side of the coin now, the fact that the wicked prosper.
2 tn The plural is used to suggest the supreme degree of arrogant confidence (E. Dhorme, Job, 171).
3 sn The line is perhaps best understood as describing one who thinks he is invested with the power of God.
4 tn Heb “the waters of the snow.”
5 tn Or “so Sheol.”
6 tn This is the meaning of the verse, which in Hebrew only has “The grave / they have sinned.”
7 tn The words “the clouds” are supplied from v. 11; the sentence itself actually starts: “and it goes round,” referring to the cloud.
8 tn Heb “that it may do.”