Job 12:4 “I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He ans…”

Job 12:4

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

World English Bible

I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

American Standard Version

I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

Geneva Bible 1599

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.

Darby Translation

I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].

Young's Literal Translation

A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.

Bible in Basic English

It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

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Cross references

“one mocked”

Job 30:1 Job 17:6 Job 21:3 Job 16:10 Job 17:2 Job 11:3

Job 30:1 · BSB

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

Job 17:6 · BSB

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Job 21:3 · BSB

Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

Job 16:10 · BSB

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

Job 17:2 · BSB

Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Job 11:3 · BSB

Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?

“calleth”

Psalm 91:15 Jeremiah 33:3 Job 16:20 Micah 7:7

Psalm 91:15 · BSB

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

Jeremiah 33:3 · BSB

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Job 16:20 · BSB

My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

Micah 7:7 · BSB

But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

“the just”

Proverbs 14:2 Mark 5:40 Luke 16:14 Acts 17:32

Proverbs 14:2 · BSB

He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.

Mark 5:40 · BSB

And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.

Luke 16:14 · BSB

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

Acts 17:32 · BSB

When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

Also

Job 6:29

Job 6:29 · BSB

Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

5The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

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