Job 12:4

WEB

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.

KJV

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

BSB

⁴I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

FBV

⁴But my friends laugh at me because I called on God and he answered me: the innocent man who does right has become an object of derision.

Extra References

Job 30:1

¹“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.

Psalms 91:15

¹⁵He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Job 21:3

³Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.

Job 17:6

⁶“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

Psalms 22:7-8

⁷All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying, ⁸“He trusts in the LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”

Jeremiah 33:3

³‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Job 17:2

²Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

Job 16:10

¹⁰They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

Job 16:20

²⁰My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

Job 11:3

³Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?