Job 12:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׂחֹ֤ק לְרֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶ֗ה קֹרֵ֣א לֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ שְׂ֝ח֗וֹק צַדִּ֥יק תָּמִֽים׃

Transliteration

śəḥōq lə-rēʿēhû ʾehyeh qōrēʾ le-ʾĕlôah wa-yaʿănēhû śəḥôq ṣaddîq tāmîm

Grammar Details

*śəḥōq*: noun, masculine singular - laughter/derision/mockery
*lə-rēʿēhû*: preposition + noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his friend
*ʾehyeh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be
*qōrēʾ*: qal participle, masculine singular - calling
*le-ʾĕlôah*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to God
*wa-yaʿănēhû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he answered him
*śəḥôq*: noun, masculine singular - laughter/derision/mockery
*ṣaddîq*: adjective, masculine singular - righteous/just
*tāmîm*: adjective, masculine singular - perfect/complete/blameless

Word Meanings

*śəḥōq*: laughter/mockery/derision/scorn
*rēʿēhû*: his friend/companion/neighbor
*qōrēʾ*: calling/crying out to
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*ṣaddîq*: righteous/just person
*tāmîm*: perfect/blameless/complete

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 17:6 : 6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Job 21:3 : 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 30:1 : 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call{H8799)} upon me, and I will answer{H8799)} him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver{H8762)} him, and honour{H8762)} him.
Job 16:10 : 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Job 17:2 : 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job 16:20 : 20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Job 6:29 : 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
Job 11:3 : 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Ps 22:7-8 : 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Ps 35:16 : 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Prov 14:2 : 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Jer 33:3 : 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Mic 7:7 : 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Matt 27:29 : 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
Mark 5:40 : 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Acts 17:32 : 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Heb 11:36 : 36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

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