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Job 12:4
Christian Standard Bible

4 I am a laughingstock to my[a] friends,
by calling on God, who answers me.[b]
The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.(A)

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  1. 12:4 Lit his
  2. 12:4 Lit him
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Job 12:4
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4 “I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)

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Job 12:4
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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.

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Jeremiah 20:7
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Jeremiah Compelled to Preach

7 You deceived(A) me, Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all the time;(B)
everyone ridicules me.

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Jeremiah 20:7
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Jeremiah’s Complaint

7 You deceived[a](A) me, Lord, and I was deceived[b];
    you overpowered(B) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed(C) all day long;
    everyone mocks(D) me.

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  1. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
  2. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
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Jeremiah 20:7
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7 O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

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Lamentations 3:14
Christian Standard Bible

14 I am a laughingstock(A) to all my people,[a]
mocked by their songs(B) all day long.

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  1. 3:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss, Syr read all peoples
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Lamentations 3:14
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14 I became the laughingstock(A) of all my people;(B)
    they mock me in song(C) all day long.

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Lamentations 3:14
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14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

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