Job 11:12
But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
13If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him —
Cross References
Job 6:5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Psalms 62:9(62-10) Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity.
Psalms 92:6(92-7) A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this.
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart: 'It is because of the sons of men, that God may sift them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as 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 →