Verse 6
6. Tabernacles of robbers prosper Literally, Are at peace. Zophar had spoken of the security of the tabernacle where virtue dwelt; (Job 11:14-19;) Job adduces other matters of fact vice has also its security.
In ancient Egypt robbing was regarded as a necessity of its civilization, and was treated as a profession. Those who followed the craft “gave in their names to the chief of the robbers, and agreed that he should be informed of every thing that they should thence forward steal, the moment it was in their possession. In consequence of this the owner of the lost goods always applied by letter to the chief for their recovery.” WILKINSON’S Anc. Egyptians, Pop. Acct., 2:216. Into whose hand God bringeth Now generally rendered, he who brings God in his hand, (Ewald, etc.,) that is, who either deifies his hand, or, as some say, that which is taken into the hand. Thus Mezentius says, “Dextra mihi Deus My right hand is God.” AEneid, 10:773. Habakkuk speaks in like manner of the Chaldaean:
Literally, This its strength is its God. Job 1:11.
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