King James Version
Read in contextFor vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
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For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
But vain man can become wise If a man can be born as a wild donkey's colt.
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born `as' a wild ass's colt.
And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!