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Psalms 32:9

Psalms chapter 32 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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, Elsethey will not come near unto thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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, Elsethey will not come near unto thee.

Context

v.8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

v.9This passage

v.10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 26:3

    A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

  • James 4:7

    Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • Jeremiah 31:18

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.

  • Job 35:11

    Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

  • Jeremiah 4:22

    For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • James 3:3

    Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.