Job 12:4 | |
NASB: "I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just [and] blameless [man] is a joke. (NASB ©1995) GWT: I am a laughingstock to my neighbors. I am one who calls on God and expects an answer. A man of integrity, a man who is righteous, has become a laughingstock. (GOD'S WORD®) 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. 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. BBE: It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of! 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. 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, WBS: I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is derided. 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. YLT: A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one. | |
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