Job 11:12
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
King James Version
In Context
11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine 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 which 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 62:9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might 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 →