Job 11:13

"An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt."

Key Reflection

In Job 11:13, the image suggests that wisdom comes through humble beginnings and the natural process of growth, much like how a wild donkey's colt eventually matures into a capable creature. This metaphor implies that true wisdom is accessible to all, even those who start with empty or foolish minds, as they progress and mature over time.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

If thou prepare thine heart -Zophar now proceeds to state that if Job even yet would return to God, he might hope for acceptance. Though he had sinned, and though he was now, as he supposed, a hollow-hearted and an insincere man, yet, if he would repent, he might expect the divine favor. In this he accords with the sentiment of Eliphaz, and he concludes his speech in a manner not a little resembling his; seeJob 5:17-27. And stretch out thine hands toward him -In the attitude of supplication. To stretch out or spread forth the hands, is a phrase often used to denote the act of supplication; see1 Timothy 2:8, and the notes of Wetstein on that place. Horace, 3 Carm. xxiii.

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