Job 11:12

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

Cross-reference

Job 12:3 Contrast

Job 12:3 asserts Job's own understanding — directly contrasting with Zophar's claim that a hollow man cannot get understanding.

Job 15:14 Parallel

Job 15:14 asks how man can be pure — reinforcing the same theme of human inability to become righteous or wise without God.

Job 12:2 Contrast

Job 12:2 sarcastically says wisdom will die with the friends — contrasting with Zophar's claim that a hollow man cannot gain understanding.

Job 28:28 Related theme

Job 28:28 defines true wisdom as fearing the Lord — providing the standard that the hollow man lacks.

Job 39:5-8 describes the wild donkey's free nature — the same animal used in 11:12 as a symbol of untamable foolishness.

James 2:20 Parallel

James 2:20 addresses a foolish man who lacks understanding — directly paralleling the hollow man in Job 11:12.

Proverbs 30:2-4 echoes the same self-deprecating view of human stupidity — Agur calls himself more foolish than any man, paralleling the 'hollow man' image.

Psalm 92:6 Parallel

Psalm 92:6 states that a senseless man does not know — directly paralleling the hollow man's inability to gain understanding.

In Genesis 16:12, Ishmael is called a 'wild donkey of a man' — the same animal imagery used here for an untamable, hollow person.

Psalm 73:22 Allusion

Psalm 73:22 confesses being senseless like a beast — echoing the wild donkey imagery of foolishness in Job 11:12.

Psalm 94:11 Parallel

Psalm 94:11 declares that human thoughts are futile — echoing the uselessness of a hollow man trying to gain understanding here.

Romans 1:22 Parallel

Romans 1:22 describes those claiming wisdom becoming fools — paralleling the hollow man's fundamental folly.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20 says to become foolish to be wise — a different path than the hollow man's impossibility, yet both highlight human inadequacy.

1 Corinthians 3:20 quotes Psalm 94:11 on the futility of human wisdom — reinforcing the theme of empty understanding present here.

Psalm 62:9 Parallel

Psalm 62:9 declares all people are a breath and vanity — mirroring Job 11:12's depiction of empty-headed humans as futile.

Ecclesiastes 3:18 says men are like beasts — echoing the beast imagery of foolishness in Job 11:12.

Romans 12:16 warns against being wise in your own eyes — the very pride that prevents the hollow man from gaining understanding.