NET Bible
"I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered– a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!"
— Job 12:4, NET Bible
“I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“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.”
“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!”
“I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.”
Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:
“Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered– a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!
But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident– who carry their god in their hands.
Knowledge of God’s Wisdom“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.