Matthew Henry Commentary Job 11:7-12

"Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea. If he pass through, and shut up, And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him? For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not. But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass`s colt." — Job 11:7-12 (ASV)

Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, and concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man: that he would be wise, and would be thought so, though he is born like a wild ass's colt, so unteachable and untameable.

Man is a vain creature; empty, as the word itself means. Yet he is a proud creature, and self-conceited. He would be wise, and would be thought so, though he will not submit to the laws of wisdom. He would be wise; he reaches after forbidden wisdom and, like his first parents, aiming to be wise above what is written, loses the tree of life for the tree of knowledge. Is such a creature as this fit to contend with God?