⁷ They brayed^(A) among the bushes^(B)
    and huddled in the undergrowth.

¹² But the witless can no more become wise
    than a wild donkey’s colt^(A) can be born human.^[a](B)

⁵ Does a wild donkey^(A) bray^(B) when it has grass,
    or an ox bellow when it has fodder?^(C)

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