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

13 As for you, Job, you should be faithful to God.
    Raise your hands and pray to God.
14 If you want to do an evil thing,
    stop yourself from doing it.
Do not let people do wrong things in your home.

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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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Footnotes

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