Psalms 32:9
What does Psalms 32:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 32:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Be 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 · 1611Be 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 · 1901Be 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Be ye not as a horse--as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.
Context
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.
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