Job 11:12

Hebrew
ESV
But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born a man!
NIV
But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.
NLT
An empty-headed person won't become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.
LXX
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greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
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Meaning

* A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son

Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω.

λόγος in Greek Thought

Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.…
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greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ἴσα ὄνῳ ἐρημίτῃ
KJV
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

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