Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you.
Proverbs 26:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Plus de 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. |
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you.
On the lips of one who has understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who lacks sense.
A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.
Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.
Punishments are prepared for scoffers and flogging for the backs of fools.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
What would you prefer? Am I to come to you with a stick or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
We are ready to punish every disobedience when your obedience is complete.
I warned those who sinned previously and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not be lenient—