complete verse (Job 12:4)

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)
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