Job 11:12
A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur, et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἄνθρωπος δὲ ἄλλως νήχεται λόγοις· βροτὸς δὲ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ἴσα ὄνῳ ἐρημίτῃ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד
Haydock's commentary
Is. Hebrew, "is he heart? or wise, (Calmet) he who is born like a," &c. Shall he assert his independence, or pretend to be wise? (Haydock)
The Hebrews place wisdom in the heart, as we do courage, chap. xii. 3., and Proverbs ii. 2., &c. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.