Genesis 16:12 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹² He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility towards all his brothers.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And he [Ishmael] will be as a wild ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will live to the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.

Common English Bible

¹² He will be a wild mule of a man; he will fight everyone, and they will fight him. He will live at odds with all his relatives.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² He will be a wild man. His hand will be against all, and all hands will be against him. And he will pitch his tents away from the region of all his brothers."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² He shall be a wild man. His hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.

Genesis 16:12 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 21:20

God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

Genesis 25:18

His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go towards Ashur. And they lived in hostility towards all the tribes related to them.

Genesis 27:40

You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.’

Genesis 37:25

As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

Job 11:12

But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.

Job 24:5

Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labour of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.