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Job 11:12

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

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ASV

But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאִ֣ישׁve.'Ishand a personH376 →
נָ֭בוּבNa.vuvhollowH5014 →
יִלָּבֵ֑בyi.la.Vevhe will become intelligentH3823 →
וְעַ֥יִרve.'A.yirand a male donkey ofH5895 →
פֶּ֝֗רֶאPe.re'a wild donkeyH6501 →
אָדָ֥ם'a.Dama human beingH120 →
יִוָּלֵֽד׃yi.va.Ledit will be bornH3205 →

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Ecclesiastes 7:16Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.James 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?Job 39:5–8Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.Ecclesiastes 3:18I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”James 3:13–17Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.Job 30:7They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.Genesis 16:12He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?Psalms 62:9–10Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?Job 5:13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.Job 12:2–3“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!Proverbs 30:2–4Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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