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But (A)I have a heart of wisdom as well as you;
I do not fall short of you.
And [a]who does not know such things as these?
I am a (B)laughingstock to [b]my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The righteous and (C)blameless man is a laughingstock.
[c]As for upheaval, there is only contempt by the one who acts at ease,
But it is prepared for those whose feet slip.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:3 Lit with whom is there not like these?
  2. Job 12:4 Lit his
  3. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease