A moment in scripture
Job 11:12
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For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 11:10
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
- Job 11:11
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
- Job 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
- Job 11:14
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.