Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.
New American Standard Bible
When the
King James Version
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Holman Bible
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!
International Standard Version
An empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born a human being!"
American Standard Version
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.
Amplified
“But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise
[Only] when the
Bible in Basic English
And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.
Darby Translation
Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born like the foal of a wild ass.
Julia Smith Translation
And man being empty will be without heart: and man will be born a wild ass's colt
King James 2000
For a vain man will be wise, when a man is born a wild donkey's colt.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But {an empty-headed person} will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born [as] a human being.
Modern King James verseion
For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass's colt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A vain body exalteth himself, and man, newborn, is like a wild ass's colt.
NET Bible
But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being.
New Heart English Bible
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
The Emphasized Bible
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass's colt, is born a man!
Webster
For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.
World English Bible
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
Youngs Literal Translation
And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
Themes
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Intractableness of natural man
wild Donkey » Described as » Intractable
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Intractable
Man » Compared to » A wild ass's colt
Sarcasm » Instances of » Zophar to job
Vanity » Evil people » Though full of, affect to be wise
Vanity » The wicked » Though full of, affect to be wise
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 11:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Can Do As He Pleases
11 For he knows FALSE men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it? 12 But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt. 13 If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,
Names
Cross References
Job 39:5-8
Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey
Psalm 73:22
So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.
Job 5:13
He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Job 6:5
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?
Job 12:2-3
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 28:28
And to man he said, Behold, the fear of LORD, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Psalm 62:9-10
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than vanity.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Proverbs 30:2-4
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
Jeremiah 2:24
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.
Romans 1:22
Professing to be wise, they became foolish,
Romans 12:16
thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.
James 2:20
But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
James 3:13-17
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in mildness of wisdom.