Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me, they have thrown off restraint in my presence.
Psalm 32:9 - The Scriptures 2009 Do not be like the horse, like the mule, With no understanding, with bit and bridle, Else they do not come near you.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be not like the horse or the mule, which lack understanding, which must have their mouths held firm with bit and bridle, or else they will not come with you. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Don’t be like some senseless horse or mule, whose movement must be controlled with a bit and a bridle. Don’t be anything like that! Catholic Public Domain Version For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created. |
Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me, they have thrown off restraint in my presence.
teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
Who shall take off the surface of his skin? Who approaches him with a double bridle?
A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, And a rod for the fool’s back.
“I have clearly heard Ephrayim lamenting, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, like an untrained calf. Turn me back, and I shall turn back, for You are יהוה my Elohim.
“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”
Look, we put bits in the mouths of horses, for them to obey us, and we turn their body.