Job 11:12
But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
In Context
11For he knows FALSE men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it?
13If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,
Cross References
Job 6:5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 39:5Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey
Psalms 62:9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than vanity.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.
Matthew Henry on Job 11:8-13
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 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. Zophar here speaks very good… Read the whole commentary →