Job 12:4

I am like one who is a joke to his neighbour, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

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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 have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?

5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

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Cross References

Job 11:3Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?

Job 16:20My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

Job 17:6“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

Job 30:1“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.

Psalms 35:16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Proverbs 14:2He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises 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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