Job Chapter 12 verse 4 Holy Bible
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.
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It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!
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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].
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I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
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I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is derided.
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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.
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A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter `is' the perfect righteous one.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - I am as one mocked of his neighbour. You have accused me of mockery (Job 11:3): but it is I that have been mocked of you. The allusion is probably to Job 11:2, 3, 11, 12, and 20. Who calleth upon God, and he answereth him. You mock me, though I have always clung to religion, have called upon God in prayer, and from time to time had my prayers answered by him. Thus it is the just upright man that is laughed to scorn.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) I am as one mocked of his neighbour.--The laughing-stock of his companion--he who called on God, and He answered him. This is either the character Job claims for himself, or it is the supposed taunt of his friends--the righteous and the perfect a laughing-stock, or, the righteous and the perfect might be a laughing-stock. Ridicule is no test of truth or of merit.
