I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.
KJV
Hebrew original
שְׂחֹ֤ק לְ/רֵעֵ֨/הוּ אֶֽהְיֶ֗ה קֹרֵ֣א לֶ֭/אֱלוֹהַּ וַֽ/יַּעֲנֵ֑/הוּ שְׂ֝ח֗וֹק צַדִּ֥יק תָּמִֽים
Louis Segond 1910
Je suis pour mes amis un objet de raillerie, Quand j'implore le secours de Dieu; Le juste, l'innocent, un objet de raillerie!
KJV
I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.
Methodius
Symposium Sive Convivium Decem Virginum
. III, 684 D — 7 Plato Phaecir. 247 B. Vgl. zu S. 83, 6 — 13 Tgl. 96, 16 f — 16 Mt. 5, 16 — 22 Apok. Job. 12, 1–6 1 Νῦν P ν | w < P 2 ὑμῖν Sh. | οὐρανῶν undeutl. 3 συμφρονήσα . . . Ο 4 τοῦ + Ausgg. | τοῦ β(ίου) unleserl. (in ücke in Μ) | PI οὐ σμικρὸν εἰς ῥᾳστώνην 5 ἀφθαρσία καὶ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
of good persons is grievous, because honor is the reward of virtue, and against this it is written ( Job 12:4 ): "The simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn." Such like derision does very much harm: because it turns men away from good deeds, according to Gregory (Moral. x…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
iis caret, inutilem penitus atque exstinctum arbitrantur. Unde Job ait: Deridetur justi simplicitas (Job XII, 4) , quia videlicet dum foris idem justus temporali gloria non resplendet, eis qui nulla bona nisi carnalia pensare sciunt, in despectu venit. Unde bene Moyses electorum…
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