And 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.
Ver. 12. And he will be a wild man.] Heb., A wild ass, which is fierce, untractable, and untameable. And such by nature is every mother's child of us, Job 11:12 "a wild ass's colt." An ass is none of the wisest of creatures, much less an ass's colt; least of all, a wild ass's colt. Lo, such is man.
His hand will be against every man.] This was first accomplished in his person, and then in his posterity. For himself, he was ferus et pugnax, ever quarrelling and contending. a Now a quarrelsome man is like a cock of the game, that is still bloody with the blood of others, and of himself. As for his posterity the Saracens, Mohammed, the mischief of mankind, had his generation from this wild ass. And Sarai was utterly disappointed; for these Agarens were ever enemies, and so continue to be to her seed.
a Figimus, inque vicem praebemus tela sagittis .