Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
New American Standard Bible
And a
King James Version
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Holman Bible
and a rod for the backs of fools.
International Standard Version
A whip is for the horses, a bridle is for the donkey, a rod is for the back of fools.
A Conservative Version
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
American Standard Version
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Amplified
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn].
Bible in Basic English
A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
Julia Smith Translation
A whip for the horse, the curb for the ass, and the rod for the back of the foolish.
King James 2000
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
Modern King James verseion
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the Ass a bridle, and a rod to the fool's back.
NET Bible
A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs 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.
The Emphasized Bible
A whip for the horse, a bridle a for the ass, and a rod for the back of dullards.
Webster
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!
Youngs Literal Translation
A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Themes
Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Bridles for
Domestic Donkeys » Governed by a bridle
Chastisement » Who chastening is for
Correction » Rod of correction
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
2 As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Cross References
Psalm 32:9
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.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Judges 8:5-7
So he said to the men of Succoth, "Pray, give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmun'na, the kings of Mid'ian."
Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 19:25
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.
Proverbs 27:22
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
1 Corinthians 4:21
What will ye? that I come to you with a rod; or in love, and in a spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 10:6
and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.
2 Corinthians 13:2
I have declared beforehand, and I say beforehand as present the second time, and now absent, to those that have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare.