Job 12:4,6 - Compare All Versions

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“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.

I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.

Yet my friends laugh at me, for I call on God and expect an answer. I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me.

But robbers are left in peace, and those who provoke God live in safety— though God keeps them in his power.

I am a laughingstock to my   friends, by calling on God, who answers me.  The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.

The tents of robbers are safe,  and those who trouble God are secure; God holds them in his hands. 

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

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

“I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand.

“I’m ridiculed by my friends: ‘So that’s the man who had conversations with God!’ Ridiculed without mercy: ‘Look at the man who never did wrong!’ It’s easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers. Crooks reside safely in high-security houses, insolent blasphemers live in luxury; they’ve bought and paid for a god who’ll protect them.

“I’m ridiculed by my friends: ‘So that’s the man who had conversations with God!’ Ridiculed without mercy: ‘Look at the man who never did wrong!’ It’s easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers. Crooks reside safely in high-security houses, insolent blasphemers live in luxury; they’ve bought and paid for a god who’ll protect them.

“I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke.

“The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.

“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].

“The tents of the destroyers prosper; And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure, Whom God brings into their power.

I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered – a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident – who carry their god in their hands.