Job 21:3
“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
Job 16:10
“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.
Job 17:2
“Surely there are mockers and mockery with me,
And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.
Job 16:20
“My friends are scoffers [who ridicule];
My eye pours out tears to God.
Job 12:4-5
“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
Job 13:9
“Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
Job 13:13
“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
And let happen to me what may.
Job 33:31-33
“Pay attention, Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will speak.
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That i may
“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
And let happen to me what may.
“Pay attention, Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will speak.
Mock on
“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
“Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
“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.
General references
“Please hear my argument
And listen to the pleadings of my lips.