King James Version
Job 12:4 in the King James Version says “I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scor...” — study this verse from Job chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.”
Job 12:4 · KJV
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? understanding: Heb. an heart I am: Heb. I fall not lower than you who: Heb. with whom are not such as these?
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“who calleth”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“and he answereth”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“upright”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
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