Job 11:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Bible in Basic English ☆

And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass of the desert.

Darby Translation ☆

Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass’s colt.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.

Noyes Bible ☆

But vain man is without understanding; Yea, man is born a wild ass's colt.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is [like] the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass in the desert.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass in the desert.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

But man vainly buoys himself up with words; And a mortal born of woman is like an ass of the desert.

World English Bible ☆

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

World English Bible Classic ☆

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

World English Bible Updated ☆

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

World Messianic Bible ☆

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

But before a witless ish can become wise, a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam!

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

أَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ فَفَارِغٌ عَدِيمُ ٱلْفَهْمِ، وَكَجَحْشِ ٱلْفَرَا يُولَدُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သို့သော်လည်း ရိုင်းသောမြည်းကလေးသည် လူအဖြစ်သို့ရောက်သောအခါ၊ လူမိုက်သည် ပညာ သတိရလိမ့်မည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သို့သော်လည်း ရိုင်း သောမြည်း ကလေးသည် လူ အဖြစ်သို့ရောက်သောအခါ ၊ လူ မိုက်သည် ပညာ သတိရလိမ့်မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Toe taw ih laa hrang to kami baktiah tapen naah ni, tidoeh avang ai kami loe palungha thai vop tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Tedae tuihong hlang loh hloih koinih kohong marhang neh laak te hlang la a sak khaming.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Tedae tuihong hlang loh hloih koinih kohong marhang neh laak te hlang la a sak khaming.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

空虚的人却毫无知识； 人生在世 好像野驴的驹子。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

空虛的人卻毫無知識； 人生在世 好像野驢的駒子。

World Chinese Bible ☆

空虚无知的人若能得智慧， 除非野驴驹生来成为人。

Croatian Bible ☆

Čovjek se bezuman obraća k pameti i divlji magarac uzdi se pokori.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Tak aby muž nesmyslný nabyl rozumu, ačkoli člověk jest jako hřebec z divokého osla zplozený.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

så tomhjernet Mand får Vid, og Vildæsel fødes til Menneske*. { [*Mundheld om guds Tugt.] }

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Dan zal een verstandeloos man kloekzinnig worden; hoewel de mens als het veulen eens woudezels geboren is.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar een leeghoofd zal dit eerst begrijpen, Als het jong van een ezel een mensenkind wordt!

Esperanto Bible ☆

Eĉ vanta homo devas kompreni, Eĉ homo, kiu naskiĝis sovaĝulo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et l’homme stupide s’enhardit, quoique l’homme naisse comme le poulain de l’âne sauvage.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mais l'homme vide de sens de-viendra intelligent, quand l'ânon sauvage naîtra comme un homme!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

L’homme, au contraire, a l’intelligence d’un fou, Il est né comme le petit d’un âne sauvage.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Un homme dépourvu de sens deviendra sage quand le poulain d'un âne sauvage naîtra homme.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Auch ein Hohlköpfiger gewinnt Verstand, wenn auch der Mensch als ein Wildeselsfüllen geboren wird.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein unnützer Mann bläht sich, und ein geborener Mensch will sein wie ein junges Wild.

German Textbibel ☆

Und ein Hohlkopf wird gewitzigt, und ein Wildeselfüllen zum Menschen umgeboren.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

ein Hohlkopf bekommt Verstand, so daß selbst ein junger Wildesel zum Menschen umgeboren wird.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἄνθρωπος δὲ ἄλλως νήχεται λόγοις, βροτὸς δὲ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ἴσα ὄνῳ ἐρημίτῃ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἄνθρωπος δὲ ἄλλως νήχεται λόγοις· βροτὸς δὲ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς, ἶσα ὄνῳ ἐρημίτῃ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Konsa, moun fou va konmanse gen konprann. Bourik sovaj yo va donte.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E ake ke kanaka naaupo i akamai, O ke kanaka i hanau nae me he keiki la a ka hoki hihiu.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ואיש נבוב ילבב ועיר פרא אדם יולד׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ma l'uomo è scemo di senno , e temerario di cuore; E nasce simile a un puledro di un asino salvatico.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ma l’insensato diventerà savio, quando un puledro d’onàgro diventerà uomo.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

空しい人が知恵ある者となるのは、 野ろばの子が人として生まれる時にすぎない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

허망한 사람은 지각이 없나니 그 출생함이 들나귀 새끼 같으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet sulalkung uh ac ekla lalmwetmet Ke pacl se ma donkey uh ac isusla tuh mwet.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur, et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

ومرد جاهل آنوقت فهیم می‌شود که بچه خروحشی، انسان متولد شود.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Um homem de cabeça vazia se torna sábio quando um homem nasce como a cria de um jumento selvagem.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O homem tolo se tornará entendido quando do asno selvagem nascer um humano.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Căci omul deșert ar fi înțelept, deși omul se naște ca mânzul unei măgărițe sălbatice.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Омул, димпотривэ, аре минте де небун ши с-а нэскут ка мынзул унуй мэгар сэлбатик!

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Но пустой человек мудрствует, хотя человек рождается подобно дикому осленку.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Čovek bezuman postaje razuman, premda se čovek rađa kao divlje magare.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Човек безуман постаје разуман, премда се човек рађа као дивље магаре.

Mashi Bible ☆

Co cirhumire omusirhe arhegesirwe ahûnûke, n’omuntu oli nka c’ebwêru aka shazimwè, akômere ekà!

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El hombre vano se hará entendido, aunque nazca como el pollino del asno montés.

Spanish BLL ☆

El hombre necio se hará sabio el día que una cría de burro salvaje nazca siendo persona.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El hombre fatuo se hará sabio, cuando el pollino del asno montés nazca hombre.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y así, un hombre vano obtendrá sabiduría, cuando él pollino de un asno salvaje nazca hombre.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El hombre vano será entendido cuando un pollino de asno montés nazca hombre.

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Revised West Version ☆

He ʻoku fie poto ʻae tangata vale, neongo ʻoku fanauʻi ʻae tangata ʻo hangē ko e ʻuhiki ʻoe ʻasi kai vao.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Та пустоголовий чоловік мудрує, хоч людина родиться так, як осля дике.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Та пустоголовий чоловік мудрує, хоч людина родиться так, як осля дике.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Nhưng chừng nào lừa con rừng sanh ra làm người, Thì chừng nấy người hư không mới trở nên thông sáng!

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד׃