Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass'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!"
A Conservative Version
But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.
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 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 vain men; and when He sees wickedness, will He not search it? 12 For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass's colt. 13 If you prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward Him;
Names
Cross References
Job 39:5-8
Who has sent out the wild ass free? Or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass,
Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart concerning the matter of sons of men, that God might reveal them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Job 5:13
He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
Job 6:5
Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Job 12:2-3
For truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? And what is he born of a woman that he should be righteous?
Job 28:28
And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalm 62:9-10
Surely the sons of men are vanity; the sons of men are a lie; they go up in the scales; they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalm 92:6
A beastly man does not know; nor does a fool understand this.
Proverbs 30:2-4
Surely I am more like an animal than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.
Jeremiah 2:24
a wild ass used to the wilderness; in the desire of her passion she snuffs at the wind; in her time who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not tire themselves; in her month they will find her.
Romans 1:22
Professing to be wise, they became fools
Romans 12:16
minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool so that he may be wise.
Ephesians 2:3
among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
James 2:20
But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 3:13-17
Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with meekness of wisdom.