Job 11:12
Stupid people will become wise when wild donkeys are born tame!
Free Bible 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 God knows who are deceivers—when he sees someone sin, he pays attention to it.
13But if you repent and spread out your hands to pray to him,
Cross References
Job 6:5Don't wild donkeys bray when their grass is gone? Don't cattle groan when they don't have food!
Job 15:14Who can say they are clean? Which human being can say that they do what is right?
Job 39:5Who gave the wild donkey its freedom? Who set it free from its bonds?
Psalms 62:9Ordinary people are mere breaths, while leaders are just fakes. Put them all together and weigh them on scales and they wouldn't weigh more than air!
Psalms 92:6Only senseless people and fools don't know and understand this:
Ecclesiastes 3:18I also thought to myself, “Regarding what happens to human beings—God proves to us that we're no better than animals.”
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 →