I am a laughingstock to my[a] friends,
by calling on God, who answers me.[b]
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.(A)
The one who is at ease(B) holds calamity in contempt
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
The tents of robbers are safe,(C)
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:4 Lit his
  2. Job 12:4 Lit him
  3. Job 12:6 Or secure; to those who bring their god in their hands

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