Job 12:4

I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

5A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.

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Cross References

Job 11:3Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;

Job 16:20Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;

Job 17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.

Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Psalms 35:16With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

Proverbs 14:2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD; but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth 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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