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Job 12:4

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4I am as one cmocked of his neighbour,

Who dcalleth upon God, and he answereth him:

The just upright man is laughed to scorn.

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Footnotes

  1. cSo ch. 30:1 (Heb.).

Cross references

  1. dPs. 91:15.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I am a laughingstock to my friends;

I, who called to God and he answered me,

a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I have become a laughingstock to my friends,

though I called on God and he answered—

a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I am a laughingstock to my friends,

by calling on God, who answers me.

The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yet my friends laugh at me,

for I call on God and expect an answer.

I am a just and blameless man,

yet they laugh at me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I am a laughingstock to my friends:

‘He calls on God, and he answers him.’

A righteous, blameless man is a laughingstock.