Job 11:12
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
In Context
11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
Cross References
Job 6:5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
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.”
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 →