Job 12:4

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

I have become a laughingstock to his neighbor, one calling on God and He answered him, righteous and blameless—a laughingstock.

Latin

Qui deridetur ab amico suo, sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum: deridetur enim justi simplicitas.

Hebrew

English

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

Job 30:1
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
Psalm 91:15
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Job 17:6
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
Job 21:3
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Job 16:10
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Psalm 22:7–8
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Job 17:2
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Hebrews 11:36
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
Job 16:20
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
Proverbs 14:2
He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
Job 6:29
Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.