Job 12:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³But I have a brain, just like you.
I’m as clever as you are.
In fact, everyone knows as much as you do.

⁴“My friends laugh at me all the time,
    even though I called out to God and he answered.
My friends laugh at me,
    even though I’m honest and right.
⁵People who have an easy life look down on those who have problems.
    They think trouble comes only to those whose feet are slipping.

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Job 12:3-5

New International Version

³But I have a mind as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?^(A)

⁴“I have become a laughingstock^(B) to my friends,^(C)
    though I called on God and he answered^(D)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(E)
⁵Those who are at ease have contempt^(F) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.^(G)