12 [a](A)An idiot will become intelligent
When the [b]foal of a (B)wild donkey is born a man.

13 (C)If you would (D)direct your heart right
And (E)spread out your hand to Him,
14 If iniquity is in your hand, (F)put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

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  1. Job 11:12 Lit A hollow man
  2. Job 11:12 Lit donkey

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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  1. Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame