4"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!


In Context

1 Then Job replied:

2 "Doubtless you are the people, 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 upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

5 Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure- those who carry their god in their hands.

Job 12:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:4He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:4I 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4I 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and he answered him: the just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is derided.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4I 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls on God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.