Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind.

I was so foolish and ignorant: I was like a beast before you.

A stupid (senseless) person cannot know and a fool cannot understand.

I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tested them that they might see that they are like animals.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

Are you willing to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is useless (barren) (lifeless)?

Would

He catches the wise with their own craftiness. The plans of schemers are quickly halted.

Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!

To man he said: 'Respect for Jehovah is wisdom! To stay away from evil is understanding.'

Surely I am more stupid then any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

Be of the same mind as others. Do not think lofty things but be led along by lowly things. Do not be wise in your own conceit (self-love) (vanity) (estimation).

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are from meekness because of wisdom.

Man be

What is man, that he could be pure? Or he who is born of woman, that he could be righteous?

Indeed, I was born in perversity (mischief) (evil). I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.

We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.

A wild

Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey?

You are like a wild donkey accustomed to the desert. You sniff at the wind while in heat. All who seek you will not get tired. They will find you during your monthly period.

General references

Jehovah knows the thoughts of man. He knows that they a mere vanity.