Job 11:12
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt. | But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man! | But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and a person | וְאִ֣ישׁ | ve-'ISH | H0376G | manאִישׁ (ish) : man 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective) |
| hollow | נָ֭בוּב | NA-vuv | H5014 | be hollowנָבַב (na.vav) 1) (Qal) to hollow out 1a) hollowed (participle) |
| he will become intelligent | יִלָּבֵ֑ב | yi-la-VEV | H3823A | to encourageלָבַב (la.vav) 1) to ravish, become intelligent, get a mind 1a) (Niphal) to take heart, become enheartened, become intelligent 1b) (Piel) to ravish the heart, encourage, make heart beat faster |
| and a male donkey of | וְעַ֥יִר | ve-'A-yir | H5895 | coltעַ֫יִר (a.yir) he-ass, male ass |
| a wild donkey | פֶּ֝֗רֶא | PE-re' | H6501 | wild donkeyפֶּ֫רֶא (pe.re) wild ass |
| a human being | אָדָ֥ם | 'a-DAM | H0120G | manאָדָם (a.dam) 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley |
| it will be born | יִוָּלֵֽד׃ | yi-va-LED | H3205 | to begetיָלַד (ya.lad) 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.