Job 11:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 11:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 11:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. vain: Heb. empty" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 11:12 — KJV
“For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. vain: Heb. empty”
— Job 11:12 (KJV)
Job 11:12 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 11:12
“Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. Though...: or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away cut down: Heb. shorn”
Shares key themes with Job 11:12: would, wise, though
“And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: imagination: or, stubbornness drunkenness...: Heb. the drunken to the thirsty”
Shares key themes with Job 11:12: though, born, ass
“The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. clean: or, savoury: Heb. leavened”
Shares key themes with Job 11:12: wise, like, ass
“Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?”
Shares key themes with Job 11:12: wise, like, wild
“And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. brought...: Heb. born”
Shares key themes with Job 11:12: born, ass, heb
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