Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
Proverbs 26:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;