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12 A ·fool [L empty-headed person] cannot ·become wise [get understanding]
    any more than a wild donkey can ·be born tame [or give birth to a human; C Zophar insults Job’s wisdom].

13 “You must ·give your whole heart to him [focus your heart]
    and ·hold [spread] out your hands to him for help.
14 ·Put away [Remove] the sin that is in your hand;
    let no ·evil [iniquity] ·remain [L take up residence] in your tent [C Zophar urges Job to repent].

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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