Job 11:12 - Exposition

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt ; rather, and a vain man may get understanding , and the colt of a wild ass become a than . Zophar seems to mean that, through Divine discipline, such as that described in Job 11:10 , a vain, foolish, puffed-up man may be reclaimed and become a man of understanding—a stubborn and untamed one, wild as the colt of a wild ass, grow into a real man, i.e. acquire sense and discretion. If this is the meaning, undoubtedly Job is glanced at (so Schultens, Dillmann, and Canon Cook).