Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! New Living Translation Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back! English Standard Version A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Berean Standard Bible A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! King James Bible A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. New King James Version A whip for the horse, A bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the fool’s back. New American Standard Bible A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools. NASB 1995 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools. NASB 1977 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools. Legacy Standard Bible A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools. Amplified Bible A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn]. Christian Standard Bible A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools. Holman Christian Standard Bible A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools. American Standard Version A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A whip for a horse and a goad for a donkey, so also is a rod for the fool. Brenton Septuagint Translation As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation. Contemporary English Version Horses and donkeys must be beaten and bridled--and so must fools. Douay-Rheims Bible A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. English Revised Version A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. GOD'S WORD® Translation A whip is for the horse, a bridle is for the donkey, and a rod is for the backs of fools. Good News Translation You have to whip a horse, you have to bridle a donkey, and you have to beat a fool. International Standard Version A whip is for the horses, a bridle is for the donkey, a rod is for the back of fools. JPS Tanakh 1917 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools. Literal Standard Version A whip is for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, | And a rod for the back of fools. Majority Standard Bible A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! New American Bible The whip for the horse, the bridle for the ass, and the rod for the back of fools. NET Bible A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! New Revised Standard Version A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. New Heart English Bible A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Webster's Bible Translation A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. World English Bible A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! Young's Literal Translation A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Similitudes and Instructions…2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.… Cross References Psalm 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. Proverbs 10:13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment. Proverbs 19:29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools. Treasury of Scripture A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. Proverbs 10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. Proverbs 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. Proverbs 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. Jump to Previous Ass Backs Bridle Donkey Foolish Fools Fool's Horse Rod WhipJump to Next Ass Backs Bridle Donkey Foolish Fools Fool's Horse Rod WhipProverbs 26 1. observations about fools13. about sluggards 17. and about contentious busybodies Verse 3. - A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass. We should be inclined to invert the words, and say a bridle for the horse, and a whip for the ass; but it must be remembered that in early times the horse was not ridden, but only driven. The animals used in riding were the ass and mule, and sometimes the camel. The Eastern ass is really a fine animal, larger, more spirited, and more active than the poor creature which we are wont to see. Or the whip and bridle may be intended to apply to both animals, though divided between the two for rhythmical or antithetical reasons (see on Proverbs 10:1). A rod for the fool's back. Sharp correction is beth useful and necessary for the fool (so Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 19:29). Similar treatment Siracides advises to be employed in the case of an idle servant (Ecclus. 30:24-28). Septuagint, "As a whip for a horse and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a lawless nation." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A whipשׁ֣וֹט (šō·wṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7752: A scourge, whip for the horse, לַ֭סּוּס (las·sūs) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird) a bridle מֶ֣תֶג (me·ṯeḡ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4964: A bridle for the donkey, לַחֲמ֑וֹר (la·ḥă·mō·wr) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2543: A male ass and a rod וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט (wə·šê·ḇeṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe for the backs לְגֵ֣ו (lə·ḡêw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1460: The back, the middle of fools! כְּסִילִֽים׃ (kə·sî·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool Links Proverbs 26:3 NIVProverbs 26:3 NLT Proverbs 26:3 ESV Proverbs 26:3 NASB Proverbs 26:3 KJV Proverbs 26:3 BibleApps.com Proverbs 26:3 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 26:3 Chinese Bible Proverbs 26:3 French Bible Proverbs 26:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 26:3 A whip is for the horse (Prov. 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