12But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.


In Context

9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

10 "If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

11 Surely he recognizes deceitful men; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?

12 But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.

13 "Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

14 if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

Job 11:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:12A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:12But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born like the foal of a wild ass.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:12But vain man is void of understanding, yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.