Psalms 32:9
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.
KJV
Quoniam ipse dixit, et facta sunt ; ipse mandavit et creata sunt.
Vulgate
ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν, καὶ ἐγενήθησαν· αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο, καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν.
LXX
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.
ASV
אַל תִּֽהְי֤וּ כְּ/ס֥וּס כְּ/פֶרֶד֮ אֵ֤ין הָ֫בִ֥ין בְּ/מֶֽתֶג וָ/רֶ֣סֶן עֶדְי֣/וֹ לִ/בְל֑וֹם בַּ֝֗ל קְרֹ֣ב אֵלֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בְל֑וֹם
blvm
verb · 1×
בַּל
bl
particle · 72×
הִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם
hqrbtm
verb · 283×
י֙
y
noun · 4×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
סוּסִ֖ים
svsym
noun · 141×
עֲדִ֣י
'dy
noun · 14×
פְרָדִ֑ים
prdym
noun · 13×
רֶ֣סֶן
rsn
noun · 4×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210228.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- Exod 4:12 — Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
- Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Jas 3:3 — Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
- Jas 3:3 — Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
- Jas 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Jer 8:6 — I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
- Jer 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my Go
- Jer 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my Go
- Job 35:11 — Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
- Prov 10:13 — In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
- Prov 12:1 — Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Prov 26:3 — A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
- Prov 26:3 — A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
- Ps 73:22 — So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- Ps 92:6 — A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.