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.
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he answereth him: the iust vpright man is laughed to scorne.
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- Psalms 91:15Rank 4 from verse 4
- Jeremiah 33:3Rank 5 from verse 4
- Psalms 22:7–8Rank 8 from verse 4
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
7*†All they that see me, laugh me to scorne: they shoote out the lippe, they shake the head, saying,
8*†‖He trusted on the LORD, that he would deliuer him: let him deliuer him, seeing he delighted in him.
- Acts 17:32Rank 9 from verse 4
- Hebrews 11:36Rank 10 from verse 4
- Luke 16:14Rank 14 from verse 4
40And 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.
40And they laughed him to scorne: but when he had put them all out, hee taketh the father and the mother of the damosell, and them that were with him, and entreth in where the damosell was lying.
- Matthew 27:29Rank 16 from verse 4
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!
29¶ And when they had platted a crowne of thornes, they put it vpon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Haile king of the Iewes.
- Proverbs 14:2Rank 18 from verse 4
- Psalms 35:16Rank 19 from verse 4
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Job 12:4
Past-tense or past-participial form of mock. Ridiculed or treated with scorn.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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The one true God.
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Right, righteous, upright, equitable, lawful, or fair.
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1. Honest, just, or morally right; also a person so characterized. 2. Straight, erect, or standing up.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Expressed mirth, joy, or gladness by laughter; or laughed at in mockery, scorn, or derision.
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1. To despise, deride, ridicule, or mock. 2. Contempt, derision, ridicule, or mockery.
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3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
3But I haue †vnderstanding as well as you, †I am not inferiour to you: yea, †who knoweth not such things as these?
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he answereth him: the iust vpright man is laughed to scorne.
Selected passage5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
5He that is ready to slippe with his feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.