Psalm 32:9 “Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they mu…”

Psalm 32:9

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

American Standard Version

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Else they will not come near unto thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Be ye not like an horse, or like a mule, which vnderstand not: whose mouthes thou doest binde with bit and bridle, least they come neere thee.

Darby Translation

Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

Young's Literal Translation

Be ye not as a horse — as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

Bible in Basic English

Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...

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Cross references

“Be ye”

Proverbs 26:3 James 3:3 James 4:7–10 Jeremiah 31:18

Proverbs 26:3 · BSB

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

James 3:3 · BSB

When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.

James 4:7–10 · BSB

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Jeremiah 31:18 · BSB

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.

“no”

Jeremiah 4:22 Job 35:11 Jeremiah 8:6 Jeremiah 8:7

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

“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 35:11 · BSB

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

Jeremiah 8:6 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 8:7 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

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