“I am a (A)joke to [a]my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and (B)blameless man is a joke.
[b]He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.
“The (C)tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God (D)are secure,
[c]Whom God brings (E)into their power.

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  1. Job 12:4 Lit his
  2. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease
  3. Job 12:6 Or He who brings God into his hand

“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)
Those who are at ease have contempt(E) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(F)
The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(G)
    and those who provoke God are secure(H)
    those God has in his hand.[a]

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  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand