Job 12:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

In context

2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
KJV King James Version: I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
WEB World English Bible: 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
DBY Darby Translation: I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].
WBS Webster Bible: I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is derided.