Job 12:4

I am become a laughing-stock to my friend,—I who call upon God, that he would answer me! The innocent and upright man is held in derision.

Noyes Bible

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?

5To calamity belongeth contempt in the mind of one at ease; It is ready for them that slip with the feet.

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Cross References

Job 11:3Shall thy boastings make men hold their peace? Shalt thou mock, and none put thee to shame?

Job 16:20My friends have me in derision, But my eye poureth out tears unto God.

Job 17:6He made me the by-word of the people; Yea, I have become their abhorrence.

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

Psalms 35:16With base men who mock for their bread, They gnash at me with their teeth.

Proverbs 14:2He who walketh in uprightness feareth the LORD; But he who 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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