Parallel Verses
Webster
For vain man would be wise, though man is born like 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 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!
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 knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild ass's colt. 13 If thou preparest thy heart, and stretchest out thy hands towards him;
Names
Cross References
Job 39:5-8
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 6:5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox 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 the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalm 62:9-10
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth 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 ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools:
Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom also we all had our manner of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
James 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 3:13-17
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good deportment his works with meekness of wisdom.