Parallel PSA 32:9

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BSB 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.

OEB Do not be like the horse or the mule,
⇔ that have no understanding,
 ⇔ but need bridle and halter to curb them,
⇔ else they will not come near to you.’

WEB Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding,
⇔ who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

NET Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule,
 ⇔ which will not obey you
 ⇔ unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

LSV Do not be as a horse—as a mule,
Without understanding,
With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb,
Not to come near to you.

FBV You mustn't be like a horse or a mule that doesn't know which way to go without a bit or a bridle. Otherwise they can't be controlled.”[fn]

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T4T Do not be stupid like horses and mules that do not have understanding;
⇔ they need ◄bits/pieces of metal put in their mouths► and ◄bridles/ropes fastened to their head►
⇔ so they will go in the direction you want them to go.”

LEB  • or like a mule, without understanding; that needs his tackle—bridle and rein—for restraint •  or he would not come near you.

BBE Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...

MOF  ⇔ Be not like mules and colts,
⇔ that do not understand the bridle,
 ⇔ unbroken creatures that require a halter’s curb,
⇔ or they will not come near you.

JPS Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, that they come not near unto thee.

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.

DRA For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.

YLT Be ye not as a horse — as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

DBY Be 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.

RV 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.

WBS 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 to thee.

KJB 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.
  (Be ye/you_all 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. )

BB Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee.
  (Be ye/you_all not like a horse or like a mule which have no understanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall upon thee.)

GNV Be ye not like an horse, or like a mule, which vnderstand not: whose mouthes thou doest binde with bit and bridle, least they come neere thee.
  (Be ye/you_all not like an horse, or like a mule, which understand not: whose mouthes thou/you doest binde with bit and bridle, least they come near thee. )

CB Sela. I wil enforme the, and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go: I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the.
  (Sela. I will enforme them, and show the the way wherin thou/you shalt go: I will fasten mine eyes upon them.)

WYC For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt.
  (For he said, and things were made; he commanded, and things were made of nought/nothing.)

LUT Seid nicht wie Rosse und Mäuler, die nicht verständig sind, welchen man Zaum und Gebiß muß ins Maul legen, wenn sie nicht zu dir wollen.
  (Seid not like Rosse and Mäuler, the not verständig sind, welchen man Zaum and Gebiß must into_the Maul legen, when they/she/them not to you wollen.)

CLV Quoniam ipse dixit, et facta sunt; ipse mandavit et creata sunt.[fn]
  (Quoniam ipse dixit, and facts sunt; ipse mandavit and creata sunt.)

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BRN For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

BrLXX Ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπε καὶ ἐγενήθησαν, αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν.
  (Hoti autos eipe kai egenaʸthaʸsan, autos eneteilato kai ektisthaʸsan. )