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

你不可像那无知的骡马，必用嚼环辔头勒住它；不然，就不能驯服。

你不可像那无知的骡马，须用嚼环缰绳勒住，不然，它就不会靠近你。

你不可像那无知的骡马，须用嚼环缰绳勒住，不然，它就不会靠近你。

不要像无知的骡马，不用嚼环辔头就不驯服。”

你不可像无知的骡马，如果不用嚼环辔头勒住它们，它们就不肯走近。

你不要像没有悟性的骡马，如果不用嚼环和辔头勒住，它就不肯靠近你。

你不可像那無知的騾馬，必用嚼環轡頭勒住牠；不然，就不能馴服。

你不可像那無知的騾馬，須用嚼環韁繩勒住，不然，牠就不會靠近你。

你不可像那無知的騾馬，須用嚼環韁繩勒住，不然，牠就不會靠近你。

不要像無知的騾馬，不用嚼環轡頭就不馴服。」

你不可像無知的騾馬，如果不用嚼環轡頭勒住牠們，牠們就不肯走近。

你不可像無知的騾馬，須用嚼環轡頭做裝備去勒住牠，否則牠不走近你。

你不要像沒有悟性的騾馬，如果不用嚼環和轡頭勒住，牠就不肯靠近你。

勿效騾馬之無知、必以羈勒之轡制之、否則不馴兮、

勿效騾馬之無知兮、彼為人繫以繁纓、勒以轡環、否則不能馴從兮、

爾勿似馬似騾之無知、若不以銜韁約束其口、必不順從、

勿效拗騾。不甘馴御。載鞭載勒。斯知去處。

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.

Don’t be like a horse or a mule. They can’t understand anything. They have to be controlled by bits and bridles. If they aren’t, they won’t come to you.

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.

Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”

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.

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double- minded.Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

The LORD answered,“ This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

I have listened to them very carefully, but they do not speak honestly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says,“ I have done wrong!” All of them persist in their own wayward course like a horse charging recklessly into battle.Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the LORD, require of them.

I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully,‘ We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the LORD our God.