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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.
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
    It is ready for them whose foot slips.
The tents of robbers prosper.
    Those who provoke God are secure,
    who carry their god in their hands.

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Job Has Become a Laughingstock

“I’m a laughingstock to my friends,
    someone[a] who called on God.
But then he answered this upright and blameless man,
    and I have become[b] a laughingstock.
The carefree are thinking, ‘I have contempt for misfortune,’
    Those who are about to stumble deserve it.
The tents of robbers are at rest,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
        that is, those who carry their god in their pocket.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:4 The Heb. lacks someone
  2. Job 12:4 The Heb. lacks have become
  3. Job 12:6 Lit. hand