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I am a laughingstock to my friends;
    I, who called upon God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.(A)
Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,[a]
    but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.(B)
The tents of robbers are at peace,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
    who bring their god in their hands.[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 12.6 Or whom God brought forth by his hand; meaning of Heb uncertain

I am a laughingstock to my friends:[a]
He calls on God, and he answers him.’
A righteous, blameless man is a laughingstock.
Those at ease have contempt[b] for the thought of disaster,[c]
but it is ready for those unstable of foot.
The tents of the destroyers are at peace,
and there is security for those who provoke God,
for those whom God brings into his hand.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:4 Hebrew “to his friends”
  2. Job 12:5 Literally “Contempt is according to the thought of the complacent”
  3. Job 12:5 Literally “a torch”
  4. Job 12:6 Or “power”