Genesis 16:12

WEB

¹²He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposed to all of his brothers.”

KJV

¹²And 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.

BSB

¹²He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

FBV

¹²He'll be a wild donkey kind of man—he will fight with everyone, and everyone will fight with him. He will forever be fighting with his relatives.”

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Extra References

Genesis 21:20

²⁰God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.

Genesis 25:18

¹⁸They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.

⁵“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey, ⁶whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place? ⁷He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver. ⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.

Genesis 27:40

⁴⁰You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”

Job 11:12

¹²An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.