New International Version (NIV)
4“I have become a laughingstock to my friends,
though I called on God and he answered—
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
Job 12:4
Job 12:4 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
4“I am a joke to my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and blameless man is a joke.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
4“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
4I am a laughingstock to my friends,
though I called on God, and He answered.
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
American Standard Version (ASV)
4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor,
I who called upon God, and he answered:
The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
4I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor,
I, who called on God, and he answered.
The just, the blameless man is a joke.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
4“My friends laugh at me all the time,
even though I called out to God and he answered.
My friends laugh at me,
even though I’m honest and right.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
4I am a person who prayed to God
and he answered me.
But my friends now laugh at me.
I have always lived completely in the right way.
But still my friends laugh at me.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
4I am a laughter to his friend: He calls to God, and He answers him, || A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.