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Job 11:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. "
Job 11:12
Verse in Context
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10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 For vain man 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 11:1
"Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,"
Job 11:2
"Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?"
Job 11:3
"Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?"
Job 11:4
"For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes."
Job 11:5
"But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;"
Job 11:6
"And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth."
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