Job 12:4 · 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.”
— Job 12:4
But I have understanding as well as you; I {am} not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? {understanding: Heb. an heart} {I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you} {who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?}
He that is ready to slip with {his} feet {is as} a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 12 — Context
No doubt but ye {are} the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3But I have understanding as well as you; I {am} not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? {understanding: Heb. an heart} {I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you} {who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?}
4I am {as} one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright {man is} laughed to scorn.
5He that is ready to slip with {his} feet {is as} a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.
Cross References
Job 30:1
But now {they that are} younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. {younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}
Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. {aforetime: or, before them}
Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Psalms 91:15
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I {will be} with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Job 17:2
{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}
Psalms 22:7-8
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {saying}, {shoot...: Heb. open}
Job 16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. {mighty: or, hidden}