Job 11:12-14
Common English Bible
12 A stupid person becomes intelligent
when a wild ass of a person is born tame.[a]
Abiding hope
13 If you make your mind resolute
and spread your palms to him,
14 if you throw out the sin in your hands
and don’t let injustice dwell in your tents,
Footnotes
- Job 11:12 Or a wild ass’s colt can be born a man
Job 11:12-14
King James Version
12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
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Job 11:12-14
New King James Version
12 For an (A)empty-headed man will be wise,
When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.
13 “If you would (B)prepare your heart,
And (C)stretch out your hands toward Him;
14 If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And (D)would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
Job 11:12-14
New International Version
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