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He alludes to Zophar's word, "mockest" (Job 11: 3). neighbour, who calleth, &c. -- rather, "I who call upon God that he may answer me favorably" [Umbreit].
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Thou fell blight, thou eastern blast, thou overspreading mildew, that destroyest the early promises of the shining year! that mockest the laborious toil, and blastest the joyful hopes, of the painful husbandman!
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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“When thou hast shown me a little love, thou mockest me!”
The Scarlet Letter 2002
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And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 11. 1999
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The good man, turning an eye of pity on her, said, "Poor thing, thou laughest and mockest, but a sudden and surprising judgment on thee will soon stay the laughter of many."
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Why mockest thou thy son so often in feigned likeness?
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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When thou hast shown me a little love, thou mockest me!
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Whereupon the Rabbi said, “Thou fool, if thou hadst not seen, thou hadst not believed; thou mockest the words of the wise.”
Hebrew Literature Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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The "men" is emphatic; men of sense; in antithesis to "vain boasting." mockest -- upbraidest God by complaints, "shall no man make thee ashamed?"
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I tell thee not, for I profess not yet to know anything, but doth not thy own profession of Christianity counsel thee to fall upon thy face, and cry to him whom thou mockest, 'I am a sinful man,
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V2 George MacDonald 1864
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