Job 11:12
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
13“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands towards him.
Cross References
Job 6:5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 39:5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
Psalms 62:9Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Psalms 92:6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like 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 →