Psalm 32:9 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁹ Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.

Psalm 32:9 Tagairtí Cros

Job 30:11

Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence.

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?”

Job 41:13

Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armour?

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Jeremiah 31:18

‘I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: “You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God.

Jeremiah 4:22

‘My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.’

James 3:3

When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.