Job 11:12
King James Version (KJV)
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
In context
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
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 be born like a wild ass’s colt.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job 11:12 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
- WEB World English Bible
- An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
- ASV American Standard Version
- But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.