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Job 12:4 KJV
Job · chapter 12 · verse 4
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 · King James Version
Job 12:4 in context
2No 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?
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- answerethʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- callethqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- uprighttâmîymentireH8549 →
- mockedsᵉchôwqlaughterH7814 →
- justtsaddîyqjustH6662 →
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The reproofs Job here gives to his friends, whether they were just or no, were very sharp, and may serve for a rebuke to all that are proud and scornful, and an exposure of their folly. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5