Job 11:12
And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
13If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
Cross References
Job 6:5Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
Job 15:14What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
Job 39:5Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
Psalms 62:9Only — vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; —
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to 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 →