Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

An idiot will become intelligent
When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

King James Version

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

Holman Bible

But a stupid man will gain understanding
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 colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נבב 
Nabab 
Usage: 4

man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

would be wise
לבב 
Labab 
Usage: 5

אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

be born
ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

פּרה פּרא 
Pere' 
Usage: 10

References

Easton

Ass

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Ass

Watsons

Ass

Context Readings

God Can Do As He Pleases

11 “For He knows false men,
And He sees iniquity without investigating.
12 An idiot will become intelligent
When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.
13 If you would direct your heart right
And spread out your hand to Him,

Cross References

Job 39:5-8

“Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

Psalm 73:22

Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I said to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

Job 5:13

“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

Job 6:5

“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?

Job 12:2-3

“Truly then you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!

Job 15:14

“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is 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 my mother conceived me.

Psalm 62:9-10

Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

Psalm 92:6

A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:

Proverbs 30:2-4

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

Jeremiah 2:24

A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness,
That sniffs the wind in her passion.
In the time of her heat who can turn her away?
All who seek her will not become weary;
In her month they will find her.

Romans 1:22

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

Ephesians 2:3

Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

James 2:20

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

James 3:13-17

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

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