Job 12:4

But 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.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3But I too have insights, and you're no better than me. Doesn't everyone know the things you've said?

5People who are comfortable have contempt for those who are in trouble, ready to push over those who are already slipping.

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Cross References

Job 11:3Should all your babbling force people to keep quiet? When you mock, shouldn't someone make you feel ashamed?

Job 16:20My friends scorn me, but my eyes pour out tears to God.

Job 17:6He has made me a proverb of ridicule among the people; they spit in my face.

Job 30:1But now people much younger than me laugh at me; people whose fathers I would not put to work with my sheepdogs.

Psalms 35:16Like irreligious people mocking a cripple they mock me and call me names, gnashing their teeth at me.

Proverbs 14:2Those who live right respect the Lord, but those who live dishonestly despise him.

Matthew Henry on Job 12:2-6

Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 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. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. The reproofs Job here gives to his friends,… Read the whole commentary →

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