Job 11:12

Job 11:12

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10 “If^a He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment,
Then who can¹ hinder Him?

11 For ^aHe knows deceitful men;
He sees wickedness also.
Will He not then consider it?

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

13 “If you would ^aprepare your heart,
And ^bstretch out your hands toward Him;

14 If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And ^awould not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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vain—hollow.

would be—"wants to consider himself wise"; opposed to God's "wisdom" (see on Job 11:11); refuses to see sin, where God sees it (Romans 1:22).

wild ass's colt—a proverb for untamed wildness (Job 39:5, Job 39:8; Jeremiah 2:24; Genesis 16:12; Hebrew, "a wild-ass man"). Man wishes to appear wisely obedient to his Lord, whereas he is, from his birth, unsubdued in spirit.

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