Psalm 32:9
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Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
In other translations
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
Hebrew words
אַל־'al-may notH408תִּהְיוּ׀tihyuyou beH1961כְּסוּסkesuslike a horseH5483כְּפֶרֶדkeferedlike a muleH6505אֵין'ein[which] there notH369הָבִיןhavin[is] understandingH995בְּמֶתֶג־bemeteg-with bridleH4964וָרֶסֶןvaresenand halterH7448עֶדְיוֹedyotrapping[s] itsH5716לִבְלוֹםlivlomto restrainH1102בַּלbalnotH1077קְרֹבkeroto draw nearH7126אֵלֶיךָ׃'eleikhato youH413
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Related verses
- Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- Jeremiah 4:22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Job 35:11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
- Jeremiah 8:6-76 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.6 I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle. 7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
- James 4:7-107 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- James 3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
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