Job 11:12 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild asss colt.

English Amplified

But a stupid man will get wisdom [only] when a wild donkey's colt is born a man [as when he thinks himself free because he is lifted up in pride].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But a stupid man will get wisdom [only] when a wild donkey's colt is born a man [as when he thinks himself free because he is lifted up in pride].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But a stupid person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

Wild donkeys never give birth to human children. And foolish people never become wise!

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

A wild donkey cannot give birth to a man, and a stupid person will never become wise.

But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born a man!

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Stupid people will start being wise when wild donkeys are born tame.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But an empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born tame.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But a stupid man will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Yet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom, And the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For an empty-headed man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"An idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Will empty man then gain understanding, and the wild jackass be made docile?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

A wild donkey's colt can't be born a human being. And a man who doesn't have any sense can't become wise.

English NIV

But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.

English NKJ 1982

For an empty-headed man will be wise, When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.

English NLT

An empty-headed person won't become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear human offspring!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But a stupid person will get understanding, when a wild ass is born human.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Mere man is as likely to be wise as a wild donkey's colt is likely to be born a man!

English Tyndale 1537

A vain body exalteth himself, and the son of man is like a wild ass's foal.

Job 11:12 — Compare Translations