¹² And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

¹⁸ And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.

⁵ Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

⁶ They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.

⁷ Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

⁸ Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

²⁰ And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.

⁴⁰ By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.

¹² And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.