Job 11:12
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
KJV
Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur, et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat.
Vulgate
ἄνθρωπος δὲ ἄλλως νήχεται λόγοις· βροτὸς δὲ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ἴσα ὄνῳ ἐρημίτῃ.
LXX
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
ASV
וְ/אִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְ/עַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
נְב֥וּב
nbvb
verb · 4×
עְיָרִ֖ם
'yrm
noun · 10×
פֶּ֣רֶא
pr'
noun · 10×
תְלַבֵּ֤ב
tlbb
verb · 5×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 3:18 — I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
- Eccl 7:16 — Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
- Gen 16:12 — 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.
- Isa 5:21 — Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
- Jas 2:20 — But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
- Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
- Jer 2:24 — A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
- Job 30:7 — Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
- Job 39:5 — Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
- Job 39:5 — Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
- Ps 73:22 — So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.