Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 12:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Friends laugh at me today.
even though I am righteous and have no blemish.
But there is also when I cry out to God and he hears me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “I prayed to God and even though He answered me,
I became a laughing matter for my friends.
Even though [I was] a righteous person who had no guilt,
I became a laughing matter. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “I became a laughingstock to my friends even though I am righteous and without blame, and even though God answered my prayers in the time-past.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “My friends all laugh at me now.
Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me.
I am righteous, a very godly man , but everyone laughs at me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
