Job 12:4

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Summary

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

One mocked

Calleth

The just

Bible References

One mocked

“Should your boasts and babble silence men?
And shall you scoff and no one put you to shame?

“They have gaped at me with their mouths,
With contempt they have struck me on the cheek;
They massed themselves together [and conspired] against me.

“Surely there are mockers and mockery with me,
And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.

“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].

“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.

All who see me laugh at me and mock me;
They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,

Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a reed in His right hand [as a scepter]. Kneeling before Him, they ridiculed Him, saying, “Hail (rejoice), King of the Jews!”

and others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging [amid torture], and even chains and imprisonment.

Calleth

“My friends are scoffers [who ridicule];
My eye pours out tears to God.

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish.’

But as for me, I will look expectantly for the Lord and with confidence in Him I will keep watch;
I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.

The just

He who walks in uprightness [reverently] fears the Lord [and obeys and worships Him with profound respect],
But he who is devious in his ways despises Him.

They began laughing [scornfully] at Him [because they knew the child was dead]. But He made them all go outside, and took along the child’s father and mother and His own [three] companions, and entered the room where the child was.

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.

Now when they heard [the term] resurrection from the dead, some mocked and sneered; but others said, “We will hear from you again about this matter.”