job 11:12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. - Free Bible Online

job 11:12 "And an idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.


      12. vain--hollow.
      would be--"wants to consider himself wise"; opposed to God's "wisdom" (see on Job 11:11); refuses to see sin, where God sees it (Ro 1:22).
      wild ass's colt--a proverb for untamed wildness (Job 39:5, 8; Jer 2:24; Ge 16:12; Hebrew, "a wild-ass man"). Man wishes to appear wisely obedient to his Lord, whereas he is, from his birth, unsubdued in spirit.

JFB.


Questions Related to this Verse

Where In Scripture Does It Talk About The Depravity Of Man?

Where In Scripture Does It Talk About Ignorance?

Where In Scripture Does It Talk About Pride?

Where In Scripture does it talk about being wise in the world and not in the things of God?

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