Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, they have also thrown off the bridle before me.
Psalm 32:9 - Modern King James Version Be not like the horse, or like the mule, who have no understanding, whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, so that they do not come 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 He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, they have also thrown off the bridle before me.
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Who can take off the surface of his skin; who can come to him with his double bridle?
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
I have surely heard Ephraim mourning to himself, saying, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not broken in; turn me, and I shall be turned. For You are Jehovah my God.
For My people are foolish; they have not known Me; they are stupid sons, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, so that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.