Psalm 32:9
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32:9Do not be24 like an unintelligent horse or mule,25
which will not obey you
unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.26
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- 24 The verb form is plural (i.e., “do not all of you be”); the psalmist addresses the whole group.
- 25 Heb “like a horse, like a mule without understanding.”
- 26 Heb “with a bridle and bit, its [?] to hold, not to come near to you.” The meaning of the Hebrew noun עֲדִי (’adiy) is uncertain. Normally the word refers to “jewelry,” so some suggest the meaning “trappings” here (cf. ). Some emend the form to לְחֵיהֶם (lékhehem, “their jawbones”) but it is difficult to see how the present Hebrew text, even if corrupt, could have derived from this proposed original reading. P. C. Craigie (Psalms 1–50 [], ) takes the form from an Arabic root and translates “whose gallop.” Cf. also “whose temper must be curbed.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Do not be like a horse or like a mule, without understanding;
that needs his tackle—bridle and rein—for restraint
or he would not come near you.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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