Job 11:12 - Easy To Read Version

A wild donkey can’t give birth\par to a man.\par And a stupid person will never\par become wise.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.

Job 11:12 Tagairtí Cros

Job 15:14

“A man can’t really be pure.\par A person {\cf2\super [25]} can’t be more right than God!\par

Job 28:28

And God said to people,\par “Fear and respect the Lord—\par that is wisdom.\par Don’t do evil things—\par that is understanding.”\par

Job 5:13

God catches even wise people\par in their own traps.\par So those clever plans are not successful.\par

Job 6:5

\{Your words are easy to say\par when nothing bad has happened.\}\par Even a wild donkey doesn’t complain\par when it has grass to eat.\par And a cow doesn’t complain\par when it has its food.\par

Psalm 144:4

A person’s life is like a puff of air.\par A person’s life is like a passing shadow.\par

Psalm 39:11

Lord, you punish people for doing wrong\par to teach them the right way to live.\par Like a moth destroys cloth,\par you destroy the things people love.\par Yes, our lives are like a small cloud \{that quickly disappears\}.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [240]})\i0 \par

Psalm 39:5

Lord, you gave me only a short life. {\cf2\super [236]} \par My short life is nothing,\par compared to you.\par Every person’s life is only like a cloud\par \{that quickly disappears\}.\par No person lives forever! {\cf2\super [237]} \par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [238]})\i0 \par

Psalm 51:5

I was born in sin,\par and in sin my mother conceived me.\par

Psalm 92:6

Compared to you,\par people are like stupid animals.\par We are like fools\par who can’t understand anything.\par

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time! {\cf2\super [1]}

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Don’t let your anger control you. And don’t let your body lead you to sin. {\cf2\super [43]} People do foolish things in the dawn of life while they are young.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I thought about the things people do to each other. And I said to myself, “God wants people to see that they are like animals.

Jeremiah 2:24

You are like a wild donkey\par that lives in the desert.\par At mating time, she sniffs (smells)\par the wind.\par No person can bring her back\par at the time she is in heat.\par At mating time, every male that wants her\par will get her.\par It is easy to find her.\par

Romans 1:22

People said they were wise, and they became fools.

Romans 12:16

Live together in peace with each other. Don’t be proud. Be willing to be friends with people who are not important to other people. Don’t be conceited.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past, all of us lived like those people. We lived trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We were \{evil\} people. We should have suffered God’s anger because of the way we were. We were the same as all other people.

James 2:20

You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?