Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
Psalm 32:9 - English Standard Version 2016 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who would come near him with a bridle?
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
I have heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”
If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.