Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And man being empty will be without heart: and man will be born 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.
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
11 For he knew men of vanity, and he will see iniquity; and will he not understand? 12 And man being empty will be without heart: and man will be born a wild ass's colt 13 If thou preparedst thy heart, and didst spread thy hands towards him;
Names
Cross References
Job 39:5-8
Who sent the wild ass free? and who opened the bonds of the wild ass?
Psalm 73:22
And I stupid, and I shall not know, and I was a beast with thee.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart concerning the speeches of the sons of man, for God to separate them, and for them to see that they are cattle to themselves.
Job 5:13
He took the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the perverse was headlong.
Job 6:5
Shall the wild ass bray at grass? if the ox will low over his provender?
Job 12:2-3
Verily that ye are the people, and shall wisdom die with you?
Job 15:14
What is man that he will be clean? and that he will be just, being born of woman?
Job 28:28
And he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was born in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalm 62:9-10
Surely the sons of man vanity, the sons of man falsehood: to be brought up into the balances, they together of vanity.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man shall not know, and a fool shall not understand this.
Proverbs 30:2-4
For I am brutish more than man, and not the understanding of a man to me.
Jeremiah 2:24
A wild ass accustomed to the desert in gratifying her soul, panting after the wind in her heat; who shall turn her back? all seeking her will not be wearied; in her new moon they shall find her.
Romans 1:22
Declaring themselves to be wise, they were fools,
Romans 12:16
Thinking the same towards one another. Not thinking high things but being led by humble things. Be not wise with yourselves.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let none completely deceive himself. If any think to be wise in this life, let him be foolish, that he may he wise.
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom also we then all occupied ourselves in the eager desire? of our flesh, doing the wills of the flesh and the thoughts; and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.
James 2:20
And wilt thou know, O empty man, that faith without works is dead?
James 3:13-17
Who wise and knowing among you? let him show out of a good mode of life his works in meekness of wisdom.