But (A)I have intelligence as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
And [a]who does not know such things as these?
I am a (B)joke to [b]my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and (C)blameless man is a joke.
[c]He who is at ease holds disaster in contempt,
As 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

But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?(A)

“I have become a laughingstock(B) to my friends,(C)
    though I called on God and he answered(D)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(E)
Those who are at ease have contempt(F) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(G)

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