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Psalms 32:9

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

BSB

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ASV

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, Else they will not come near unto thee.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַל־'al-may notH408
תִּֽהְי֤וּ׀tih.Yuyou beH1961
כְּס֥וּסke.Suslike a horseH5483
כְּפֶרֶד֮ke.fe.Redlike a muleH6505
אֵ֤ין'ein[which] there notH369
הָ֫בִ֥יןha.Vin[is] understandingH995
בְּמֶֽתֶג־be.me.teg-with bridleH4964
וָרֶ֣סֶןva.Re.senand halterH7448
עֶדְי֣וֹed.Yotrapping[s] itsH5716
לִבְל֑וֹםliv.Lomto restrainH1102
בַּ֝֗לBalnotH1077
קְרֹ֣בke.Roto draw nearH7126
אֵלֶֽיךָ׃'e.Lei.khato youH413

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain