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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 12:4 in context
Job 12:1–7
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Then Job answered,
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“No doubt, but you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
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Selected verse
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.
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In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
It is ready for them whose foot slips.
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The tents of robbers prosper.
Those who provoke God are secure,
who carry their god in their hands.
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“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you;
the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
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