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12 A stupid person cannot become wise.
    That is as impossible as a wild donkey being born tame.

13 “You must give your whole heart to him.
    You must hold out your hands to him for help.
14 Put away the sin that is in your hand.
    Let no evil live in your tent.

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12 But the witless can no more become wise
    than a wild donkey’s colt(A) can be born human.[a](B)

13 “Yet if you devote your heart(C) to him
    and stretch out your hands(D) to him,(E)
14 if you put away(F) the sin that is in your hand
    and allow no evil(G) to dwell in your tent,(H)

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  1. Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame