Job 11:12
King James Version (KJV)
For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.
World English Bible (WEB)
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
Job 11:12 Cross References
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?