Job 12:4

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?

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.

6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
Til spott for mine venner er jeg, jeg som ropte til Gud og fikk svar; til spott er jeg, den rettskafne og ulastelige.
OTB
Jeg har blitt en spøk for mine venner,
jeg som kalte på Gud og ble besvart—
en rettferdig og skyldfri mann har blitt en spøk.
B1930
Til spott for mine venner er jeg, jeg som ropte til Gud og fikk svar; til spott er jeg, den rettskafne og ulastelige.
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.
DARBY
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].
BLB
I have become a laughingstock to his neighbor, one calling on God and He answered him, righteous [and] blameless—a laughingstock.

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