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Job 12:4

New International Version

4 “I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

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American Standard Version

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.

Christian Standard Bible

I am a laughingstock to my friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.

English Standard Version

I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

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.

New American Standard Bible

“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.

New King James Version

“I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

New Living Translation

Yet my friends laugh at me, for I call on God and expect an answer. I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me.

World English Bible

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.