Job 12:1–4

1 Then Job replied:

2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter,

and wisdom will die with you!

3 But I have a mind as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know all these things?

4 “I have become a laughingstock to my friends,

though I called on God and he answered—

a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 “No doubt you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know such things as these?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends;

I, who called to God and he answered me,

a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

1 And Job answered and said,

2 No doubt but ye are the people,

And wisdom shall die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you:

Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour,

Who calleth upon God, and he answereth him:

The just upright man is laughed to scorn.

1 Then Job spoke again:

2 “You people really know everything, don’t you?

And when you die, wisdom will die with you!

3 Well, I know a few things myself—

and you’re no better than I am.

Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?

4 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.

1 Then Job answered:

2 “You really think you are the only wise people

and that when you die, wisdom will die with you!

3 But my mind is as good as yours;

you are not better than I am.

Everyone knows all these things.

4 My friends all laugh at me

when I call on God and expect him to answer me;

they laugh at me even though I am right and innocent!

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 No doubt but ye are the people,

And wisdom shall die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you:

Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

4 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.

1 And Job answered and said, 2 Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you! 3 I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these? 4 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.

1 Then Job replied ⸤to his friends⸥, 

2 “You certainly are ⸤wise⸥ people, 

and when you die, wisdom will die. 

3 Like you, I have a mind. 

I am not inferior to you. 

But who doesn’t know these things? 

4 I am a laughingstock to my neighbors. 

I am one who calls on God and expects an answer. 

A man of integrity, a man who is righteous, has become a laughingstock. 

1 Then Job answered:

2 No doubt you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you!

3 But I also have a mind;

I am not inferior to you.

Who doesn’t know the things you are talking about?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends,

by calling on God, who answers me.

The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

1 Then Job answered:

2 “No doubt you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know such things as these?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends;

I, who called upon God and he answered me,

a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 “Truly indeed you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you.

3 I also have insight like you;

I am not more inferior than you.

And who does not know things like these?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends:

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

A righteous, blameless man is a laughingstock.

1 Job replied,

2 “You people think you know everything, don’t you?

You are sure that wisdom will die with you!

3 But I have a brain, just like you.

I’m as clever as you are.

In fact, everyone knows as much as you do.

4 “My friends laugh at me all the time,

even though I called out to God and he answered.

My friends laugh at me,

even though I’m honest and right.

1 Then Job responded,

2 “Truly then you are the people,

And with you wisdom will die!

3 “But I have intelligence as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

And who does not know such things as these?

4 “I am a joke to my friends,

The one who called on God and He answered him;

The just and blameless man is a joke.