Job 12:4

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn."

Word-by-Word Analysis

I am as

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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הָתַל

hâthal

H2048

to deride; by implication, to cheat

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of his

רֵעַ

rêaʻ

H7453

an associate (more or less close)

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who

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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upon

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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and he

עָנָה

ʻânâh

H6030

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...

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him the just

יָשָׁר

yâshâr

H3477

straight (literally or figuratively)

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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is

צָחַק

tsâchaq

H6711

to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport

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to

לַעַג

laʻag

H3933

derision, scoffing

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Key Terms in This Verse

answereth H6030

עָנָה ʻânâh

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

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laughed H6711

צָחַק tsâchaq

to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport

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scorn H3933

לַעַג laʻag

derision, scoffing

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mocked H2048

הָתַל hâthal

to deride; by implication, to cheat

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calleth H7121

קָרָא qârâʼ

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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upright H3477

יָשָׁר yâshâr

straight (literally or figuratively)

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neighbour H7453

רֵעַ rêaʻ

an associate (more or less close)

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one H259

אֶחָד ʼechâd

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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man H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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God H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Job 30:1 cross-reference

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 17:6 cross-reference

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Psalm 91:15 cross-reference

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Job 21:3 cross-reference

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

Job 16:10 cross-reference

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Job 17:2 cross-reference

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

Jeremiah 33:3 cross-reference

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Job 11:3 cross-reference

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Luke 16:14 cross-reference

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Proverbs 14:2 cross-reference

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Matthew 27:29 cross-reference

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Micah 7:7 cross-reference

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Mark 5:40 cross-reference

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

Psalm 35:16 cross-reference

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Hebrews 11:36 cross-reference

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Acts 17:32 cross-reference

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

Job 6:29 cross-reference

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Job 16:20 cross-reference

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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