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OET-LV Many pains of_the_wicked and_the_trusts in/on/at/with_LORD covenant_loyalty surrounds_him.
UHB אַל־תִּֽהְי֤וּ ׀ כְּס֥וּס כְּפֶרֶד֮ אֵ֤ין הָ֫בִ֥ין בְּמֶֽתֶג־וָרֶ֣סֶן עֶדְי֣וֹ לִבְל֑וֹם בַּ֝֗ל קְרֹ֣ב אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ ‡
(ʼal-tihyū kəşūş kəfered ʼēyn hāⱱin bəmeteg-vāreşen ˊedyō liⱱəlōm bal qəroⱱ ʼēleykā.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Do not be like a horse or like a mule, which have no understanding;
⇔ it is only with bridle and bit to control them
⇔ that they will go where you want them to.
UST Do not be stupid like horses and mules that do not understand anything;
⇔ they need bits
⇔ so they will go in the direction you want them to go.”
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.
WMB (Same as above)
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]
32:9 Literally, “or they will not come near you.”
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-1769 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. )
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 PSA book available
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 sensible are, 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 himself dixit, and facts sunt; himself mandavit and creata are. )
32.9 Dixit et facta sunt. Creationem simul et formationem notat. Mandavit recreationem.
32.9 Dixit and facts are. Creationem simul and formationem notat. Mandavit recreationem.
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. )
32:9 The senseless person is not wise. Rejecting the Lord’s counsel ruins life and makes one like an animal (see Isa 1:3; Jas 3:3).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
Do not be like a horse & no understanding
(Some words not found in UHB: not be like,horse like,mule not understanding in/on/at/with,bit and,bridle tackle,whose for,controlled not come_near to,you )
The writer compares people with no understanding to horses and mules. This could mean: (1) the writer is speaking Yahweh’s words to his readers, “You all must not be like a horse … no understanding” or (2) Yahweh is speaking to the writer as though to a group of people.
bridle and bit
(Some words not found in UHB: not be like,horse like,mule not understanding in/on/at/with,bit and,bridle tackle,whose for,controlled not come_near to,you )
Two tools that are used by people to guide horses and mules go where the rider wants them to go.
where you want them to
(Some words not found in UHB: not be like,horse like,mule not understanding in/on/at/with,bit and,bridle tackle,whose for,controlled not come_near to,you )
“where anyone wants them to go.” The “you” here is singular and refers to no one in particular.