Christianity / Protestantism / Job 11:12
Protestantism
English
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.1
- vain: Heb. empty
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!1
- Or can be born tame
But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution The vain man shall make himself understood, though man is born [like] a wild ass's colt.
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution But1 ⌞an empty-headed person⌟2 will get understanding when3 a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being.
- Hebrew “And”
- Literally “a man hollowed out”
- Hebrew “and”
Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution For foolish man takes heart, and man is born a wild ass's colt.
Copyrighted; non-commercial distribution For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass's colt.
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
But vain man is without understanding; Yea, man is born a wild ass’s colt.
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild donkey’s colt.1
- vain: Heb. empty.
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild donkey’s colt.1
- vain: Heb. empty
For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
For vain man would be wise, though man is born [like] a wild ass's colt.
Catholicism
English
A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.
A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass’s colt.
Eastern Orthodoxy
English
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.1
- vain: Heb. empty
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