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Job 12:4

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

I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

New International Version

"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

Catholic Public Domain Version

He who is mocked by his friends as I am, will call upon God, and he will listen to him because it is the sincerity of the just that is being mocked