But now {they that are} younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. {younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. {aforetime: or, before them}

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I {will be} with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {saying}, {shoot...: Heb. open}

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. {mighty: or, hidden}

{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness {is} in it. {in it: that is, in this matter}

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

And others had trial of {cruel} mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices}

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but {he that is} perverse in his ways despiseth him.

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put {it} upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this {matter}.

My friends scorn me: {but} mine eye poureth out {tears} unto God. {scorn me: Heb. are my scorners}

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep {me} from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. {Oh...: Heb. If thou wilt, etc} {keep...: Heb. do me}

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I {will be} with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

But now {they that are} younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. {younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}

{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that {there is} none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? {considered: Heb. set thy heart on}

These {are} the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man {and} perfect in his generations, {and} Noah walked with God. {perfect: or, upright}

My friends scorn me: {but} mine eye poureth out {tears} unto God. {scorn me: Heb. are my scorners}

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices}

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but {he that is} perverse in his ways despiseth him.