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12 The vain man shall make himself understood, though man is born like a wild ass’s colt.

13 ¶ If thou would prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands toward him;

14 if there is any iniquity in thy hand and thou dost put it far away and dost not consent that wickedness dwell in thy habitations,

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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