Job 11:12
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
13If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
Cross References
Job 6:5Doth the wild ass bray over grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 15:14What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
Job 39:5Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed?
Psalms 62:9Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree,—In the balances, they go up, They, are [made] of vanity, altogether.
Psalms 92:6A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, a dullard, cannot discern this:—
Ecclesiastes 3:18Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them,—and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.
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 →