Job 12:4

In 11 translations

BSB

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

KJV

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

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

I am a laughter to his friend: He calls to God, and He answers him, || A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.

YLT

A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.

DBY

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].Eloah

DRC

He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn.

GNV

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.

JPS

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,

LXXE

For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

שְׂחֹ֤ק לְרֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶ֗ה קֹרֵ֣א לֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ שְׂ֝ח֗וֹק צַדִּ֥יק תָּמִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Δίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐγεννήθη εἰς χλεύασμα·

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
• Job 17:6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
• Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• Job 21:3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
• Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
• Psalms 22:7–8All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
• Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
• Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
• Acts 17:32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
• Proverbs 14:2He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
• Job 6:29Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
• Mark 5:40And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
• Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Matthew 27:29And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
• Job 16:20My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).