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Job 11:12

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12“1aAn idiot will become intelligent

When the 2foal of a bwild donkey is born a man.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit a hollow man
  2. 2Lit donkey

Cross references

  1. aPs 39:5, 11; 62:9; 144:4; Eccl 1:2; 11:10
  2. bJob 39:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But a stupid man will get understanding

when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the witless can no more become wise

than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But a stupid person will gain understanding

as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!

NLTNew Living Translation

An empty-headed person won’t become wise

any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But an empty-headed person will get understanding

when a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being.

KJV 1900King James Version

For vain man would be wise,

Though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.