“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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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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“I(A) am one mocked by his friends,
Who (B)called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

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Is there anyone like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water?(A)

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What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

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What man is like Job,
(A)Who drinks [a]scorn like water,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:7 derision

28 A corrupt witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.(A)

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28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

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28 A [a]disreputable witness scorns justice,
And (A)the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:28 Lit. witness of Belial, worthless witness