Job 12:4
Strong's Lexicon
I am
אֶֽהְיֶ֗ה (’eh·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

a laughingstock
שְׂחֹ֤ק (śə·ḥōq)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7814: 1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision 1a) laughter 1a1) joyful 1a2) hollow 1b) derision (of object) 1c) sport

to my friends,
לְרֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ (lə·rê·‘ê·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: 1) friend, companion, fellow, another person 1a) friend, intimate 1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense) 1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase)

though I called
קֹרֵ֣א (qō·rê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound 1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God) 1a3) to proclaim 1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read 1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow 1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to call oneself 1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

on God,
לֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּ (le·’ĕ·lō·w·ah)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: 1) God 2) false god

and He answered.
וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ (way·ya·‘ă·nê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: 1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to answer, respond to 1a2) to testify, respond as a witness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to make answer 1b2) to be answered, receive answer 2) (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully 3) (Qal) to dwell

The righteous
צַדִּ֥יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

and upright man
תָּמִֽים׃ (tā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8549: 1) complete, whole, entire, sound 1a) complete, whole, entire 1b) whole, sound, healthful 1c) complete, entire (of time) 1d) sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity 1e) what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact (neuter adj/subst)

is a laughingstock.
שְׂ֝ח֗וֹק (ḥō·wq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7814: 1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision 1a) laughter 1a1) joyful 1a2) hollow 1b) derision (of object) 1c) sport

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Young's Literal Translation
A laughter to his friend I am: ‘He calleth to God, and He answereth him,’ A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am a laughingstock to  my friends, by calling on  God, who answers  me.  The righteous and upright  man is a laughingstock. 

New American Standard Bible
"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.

King James Bible
I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered-- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

New Living Translation
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.

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

New American Standard Bible
"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.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am a laughingstock to my friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

International Standard Version
"I'm a laughingstock to my friends, someone who called on God. But then he answered this upright and blameless man, and I have become a laughingstock.

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

American Standard Version
I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

English Revised Version
I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and he answered him: the just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

Young's Literal Translation
A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one.
















Cross References
Matthew 9:24
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Job 6:29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Job 9:21
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Job 12:5
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Job 13:18
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

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.

Job 30:9
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

Job 34:7
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

Psalm 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.
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