Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

A wild ass used to the wilderness, {that} snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. {A wild...: or, O wild ass, etc} {used: Heb. taught} {her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart} {turn...: or, reverse it?}

So foolish {was} I, and ignorant: I was {as} a beast before thee. {ignorant: Heb. I knew not} {before Heb. with}

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. {that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc}

Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

No doubt but ye {are} the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}

{Be} of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. {condescend...: or, be contented with mean things}

What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Surely men of low degree {are} vanity, {and} men of high degree {are} a lie: to be laid in the balance, they {are} altogether {lighter} than vanity. {altogether: or, alike}

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? {when he...: Heb. at grass?}

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that {is} wisdom; and to depart from evil {is} understanding.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. {desires: Gr. wills}

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Woe unto {them that are} wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! {in their own sight: Heb. before their face}

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? {destroy...: Heb. be desolate?}

And he will be a wild man; his hand {will be} against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

No doubt but ye {are} the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

How do ye say, We {are} wise, and the law of the LORD {is} with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he {it}; the pen of the scribes {is} in vain. {in vain made...: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood}

But some {man} will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

A wild ass used to the wilderness, {that} snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. {A wild...: or, O wild ass, etc} {used: Heb. taught} {her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart} {turn...: or, reverse it?}