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.


In Context

1 Then Job answered,

2 |No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?

4 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.

5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:4"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

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 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.