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.
Proverbs 26:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the fool's back. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a [straight, slender] rod for the backs of [self-confident] fools. American Standard Version (1901) A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools. Common English Bible A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Catholic Public Domain Version A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. |
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.
In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Smite a scorner, and the simple will learn prudence: And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?
and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be fulfilled.
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;