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
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
הָתַל
hâthal
to deride; by implication, to cheat
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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...
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, ...
יָשָׁר
yâshâr
straight (literally or figuratively)
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)
צָחַק
tsâchaq
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
Key Terms in This Verse
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
Study H6030 →צָחַק tsâchaq
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
Study H6711 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →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)
Study H376 →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...
Study H430 →Cross References
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.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
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!
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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.
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
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