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Job 12:4

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

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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.

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.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שְׂחֹ֤קse.Choka laughingstockH7814 →
לְרֵעֵ֨הוּ׀le.re.'E.huto friend hisH7453 →
אֶֽהְיֶ֗ה'eh.YehI amH1961 →
קֹרֵ֣אko.Re'[one who] calledH7121 →
לֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּLe.'e.lo.ahto GodH433 →
וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּvai.ya.'a.Ne.huand he answered himH6030 →
שְׂ֝ח֗וֹקSe.Chok[is] a laughingstockH7814 →
צַדִּ֥יקtza.Dika righteous [person]H6662 →
תָּמִֽים׃ta.Mima blameless [person]H8549 →

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1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.Job 17:6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.Job 21:3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.Job 1:8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.Psalms 22:7–8All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.Job 30:9And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.Luke 8:53And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.Psalms 35:16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.Job 6:29Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.Matthew 27:29And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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