Job 11:12

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For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

In other translations

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Hebrew words

וְאִישׁve'ishand a personH376נָבוּבnavuvhollowH5014יִלָּבֵבyilavevhe will become intelligentH3823וְעַיִרve'ayirand a male donkey ofH5895פֶּרֶאpere'a wild donkeyH6501אָדָם'adama human beingH120יִוָּלֵד׃yivaledit will be bornH3205

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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