I am a laughing-stock to my friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and blameless man is a laughing-stock.
Job 11:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Should your babbling put others to silence, so that you can keep on ridiculing with no one to humiliate you? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Should your boastings and babble make men keep silent? And when you mock and scoff, shall no man make you ashamed? American Standard Version (1901) Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Common English Bible Will your idle talk silence everyone; will you mock and not be put to shame? Catholic Public Domain Version Will men be silent only for you? And when you have mocked others, will no one refute you? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall men hold their peace to thee only? And when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee? |
I am a laughing-stock to my friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and blameless man is a laughing-stock.
Would it go well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you would deceive a man?
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Bear with me while I speak; then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.
If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar and show that my speech is worthless?
I never sat with the band of revellers, and I did not celebrate with them. Because your hand was on me, I sat alone, for you filled me with indignation.
If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take note of that person; don’t associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn’t have anything bad to say about us.
They told you, ‘In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires.’