Job 11:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² But a stupid person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² For vain man would be wise, Though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² But a stupid man will get wisdom [only] when a wild donkey's colt is born a man [as when he thinks himself free because he is lifted up in pride].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.

Common English Bible

¹² A stupid person becomes intelligent when a wild ass of a person is born tame.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass's colt.

Job 11:12 Cross References

Job 15:14

What is a mere human, that he should be pure, or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 28:28

He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord #– #that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.’

Job 5:13

He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.

Job 6:5

Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder?

Ecclesiastes 1:2

‘Absolute futility,’ says the Teacher. ‘Absolute futility. Everything is futile.’

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove sorrow from your heart, and put away pain from your flesh, because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I said to myself, ‘This happens so that God may test the children of Adam and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.’

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey  at home  in the wilderness. She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can control her passion? All who look for her will not become weary; they will find her in her mating season.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another.  Do not be proud;  instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

Ephesians 2:3

We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly  desires, carrying out the inclinations  of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath  as the others were also.

James 2:20

Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?