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I am a (A)laughingstock to [a]my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The righteous and (B)blameless man is a laughingstock.
[b]As for upheaval, there is only contempt by the one who acts at ease,
But it is prepared for those whose feet slip.
The (C)tents of the destroyers are complacent,
And those who provoke God (D)are secure,
[c]Whom God brings (E)into their power.

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  1. Job 12:4 Lit his
  2. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease
  3. Job 12:6 Or He who brings God into his hand

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.
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
The tents of robbers prosper,
And they that provoke God are secure;
[a]Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

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  1. Job 12:6 Or, That bring their god in their hand