Proverbs 26:3

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

WEB

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

ASV

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

LSV

A whip is for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, || And a rod for the back of fools.

YLT

A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

DBY

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

DRC

A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

GNV

Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

JPS

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

LXXE

As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

שׁ֣וֹט לַ֭סּוּס מֶ֣תֶג לַחֲמ֑וֹר וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Ὥσπερ μάστιξ ἵππῳ καὶ κέντρον ὄνῳ, οὕτως ῥάβδος ἔθνει παρανόμῳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Corinthians 4:21Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
• Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
• Psalms 32:9Do 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.
• 2 Corinthians 13:2I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,
• Judges 8:5–7So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of…
• 2 Corinthians 10:6And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
• Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
• Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
• Proverbs 17:10A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
• Proverbs 19:25Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

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