Parallel Verses
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 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
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And He
When the
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Cross References
Job 39:5-8
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
Psalm 73:22
I was like
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said
Job 5:13
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
Job 6:5
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Job 12:2-3
And with you wisdom will die!
Job 15:14
Or
Job 28:28
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”
Psalm 51:5
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Psalm 62:9-10
In the
They are together lighter than breath.
Psalm 92:6
Nor does a
Proverbs 30:2-4
And I do not have the understanding of a man.
Jeremiah 2:24
That sniffs the wind in her passion.
In the time of her
All who seek her will not become weary;
In her month they will find her.
Romans 1:22
Romans 12:16
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Ephesians 2:3
Among them we too all
James 2:20
But are you willing to recognize,
James 3:13-17
Who among you is wise and understanding?