Parallel Verses

NET Bible

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being.

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.

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 deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it? 12 But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being. 13 "As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,

Cross References

Job 39:5-8

Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

Psalm 73:22

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I also thought to myself, "It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

Job 6:5

"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?

Job 12:2-3

"Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

Job 15:14

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 28:28

And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

Psalm 51:5

Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

Psalm 62:9-10

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Psalm 92:6

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

Proverbs 30:2-4

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

Jeremiah 2:24

You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

James 2:20

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

James 3:13-17

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

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