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Job 12:4

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I 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.

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Verse 4. Mocked. He retaliates on Sophar, (Calmet. 11:3. Bible.) who had very seriously exhorted Job to call on God, as if he had been ignorant of this duty. Calmet.—God will one day force the wicked to retract their false notion, in despising his servants. Wisd. 5:3. Worthington.

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