Devine Scripture

Job 11:12

Job chapter 11 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.11For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

v.12This passage

v.13If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 51:5

    Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

  • Job 28:28

    And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

  • Psalms 62:9

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

  • Psalms 73:22

    So brutish was I, and ignorant; I wasasa beast before thee.

  • James 3:13

    Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

  • Job 5:13

    He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.