Job 11:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 11:12 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 5:13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
- Job 6:5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
- Job 12:2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
- Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
- Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
- Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
- James 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
- James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
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