Psalm 32:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ Do not be like the horse, like the mule, With no understanding, with bit and bridle, Else they do not come near you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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

⁹ 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)

⁹ 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

⁹ 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

⁹ For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.

Psalm 32:9 Cross References

Job 30:11

Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me, they have thrown off restraint in my presence.

Job 35:11

teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

Job 41:13

Who shall take off the surface of his skin? Who approaches him with a double bridle?

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, And a rod for the fool’s back.

Jeremiah 31:18

“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.

Jeremiah 4:22

“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.”

James 3:3

Look, we put bits in the mouths of horses, for them to obey us, and we turn their body.