But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass of the desert.
GNV
Job 11:12
Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
Parallel Translations
But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
Cross References
Job 39:5–8James 2:20Jeremiah 2:24Psalms 73:22James 3:13–17Ecclesiastes 3:18Romans 1:22Job 15:14Job 12:2–3Psalms 51:5Job 6:51 Corinthians 3:18–20Romans 12:16Psalms 62:9–10Job 5:13
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