Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
James 3:3 - English Standard Version 2016 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If we set bits in the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can turn their whole bodies about. American Standard Version (1901) Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. Common English Bible When we bridle horses and put bits in their mouths to lead them wherever we want, we can control their whole bodies. Catholic Public Domain Version For so we put bridles into the mouths of horses, in order to submit them to our will, and so we turn their whole body around. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. |
Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
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.
I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.’
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.